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[00:00.00]erm among different speakers of English, [00:03.36]erm and the second thing would be that now [00:06.78]that English is spoken as an international [00:08.61]language nobody owns it any more. [00:11.16]The native speakers of English don't ow...
[00:00.00]Well, there'd be various differences. [00:02.42]There'd be differences in what they need [00:04.10]to be able to do [00:04.97]when they're pronouncing English, [00:06.53]there would be some differences in the grammar, [00:08.89]there'd be s...
[00:00.00]Unit 25 [00:06.65]Listening and speaking [00:09.98]4 Listen to Dr Jennifer Jenkins talking about [00:14.46]English as an International Language. [00:17.48]Which statements above [00:19.02]does she agree/disagree with? Why? [00:23.04]I've co...
[00:03.60]Unit 19 Communication [00:07.68]Lesson 2 Varieties of English [00:11.13]Exercise 4 Listen to the dialogue [00:14.46]and decide if these statements are true (T) [00:17.66]or flase (F). [00:20.53]Good day, mate!I'm Richard from Australia. [00...
[00:01.40]Australian English [00:03.55]Australian English began in 1788 [00:05.91]when the first British prisoners [00:07.64]were sent away to Australia [00:09.39]as punishment. [00:11.10]For fifty years, Australia was one big prison. [00:14.23]The A...
[00:01.49]American English [00:03.47]In 1806, Noah Webster published his first [00:06.91]Dictionary of American English. [00:08.96]This not only had American words [00:10.82]and expressions,but also introduced a new, [00:13.77]simplified spelling whi...
[00:03.24]Unit 19 Communication Culture Corner [00:08.30]English Around the World [00:10.65]Nowadays,there are around 400 million speakers [00:14.44]of English as a first language in countries [00:17.23]such as Australia,Britain,Canada, [00:19.48]Ire...
[00:00.87]Unit 5 English and English-speaking Countries [00:05.49]Lesson 17 [00:10.43]Exercise 1.2 [00:14.41]What an amazing language English is! [00:18.19]More people speak Mandarin Chinese [00:20.96]than any other language in the world, [00:23.89]b...
[00:00.78]Unit 5 English and English-speaking Countries [00:05.48]Expansion 5 [00:10.53]Exercise 2 [00:12.59]Last month, we asked you to write about [00:14.91]the ways that you like to learn English [00:16.86]and about the things that have helped you...
