Track 12

Unit 2

linguistics

global English

take the unit test

Listen to each question circle the letter of the correct answer.

1) How do linguists describe a global language?

2) What does it mean that the global use of English is unprecedented?

3) Which best describes the first point of view about global English?

4) What does the example of an Italian taxi driver use in English demonstrate?

5) Why does the speaker mention business schools in France?

6) What does the second point of view say about global English?

7) more than 1 billion people speak some English, the lecturer says, he then adds a key point about those English speakers. What is it?

8) What does the speaker say about a country’s official language?

9) What is the use of English by Korean and Chinese pilots. An example of?

10) does the speaker agree with David Crystal’s point of view?