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Look at the words below.
- How many do you recognise?
- What do they mean?
- Can you pronounce any of them?
Bonjour Shalom Merhaba Sveiki Halo Hei Olá Hello Hej Hola Hallo Xαíρεтε
Match the two halves of the sentences.
- Pablo learnt English a. to help him settle in a new country.
- Mariah learnt Spanish b. to get a better job.
- Valentina learnt French c. to help with his studies.
- George learnt German d. to speak to local people on her travels.
Read the text quickly and match a-e above with the correct paragraphs.
- Computer game design b. Hospitality c. Marketing
- Information technology e. Airline industry
INCREASE IN DEMAND FOR SECOND LANGUAGE SKILLS
More and more fields of work now require employees to have a second language. Whatever job you’re aiming for, be it a salesperson or a software developer, a second language is always an advantage.
- _________________________
This includes work in restaurants, hotels and bars. More and more people travel these days, from all over the world, both for leisure and business. Visitors need somewhere to stay, somewhere to eat and some way to travel around. Making them feel at home by communicating with them in their own language is very important.
2. ______________________
Having a good knowledge of English is very useful in the computer industry because so much of the technical language is in English. Also, many of the large IT companies are multinationals and have headquarters in the United States.
- ___________________
Computer games companies need to sell their products to people all over the world, so they need to be translated into lots of different languages.
4. _________________
Employees in this industry are often expected to speak more than one foreign language. This is usually English plus another language, depending on which part of the world they operate in. Cabin crew are often bilingual or have a very good command of a second language. Now it has also become compulsory for pilots and air traffic controllers to have a minimum level of English for safety reasons. It is believed that this will prevent crashes caused by poor communication.
5. ___________________
Advertising and marketing is now a global industry, and jobs in these fields often demand foreign languages. Advertising agencies usually work with companies who sell their products all over the world, so need to create advertising campaigns which work in many different
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