Activities on the importance of English

Sources of the text http://www.seplan.am.gov.br/arquivos/

download/arqeditor/planejamento/des_org/treinamentos/ingles_basico%20.pdf

http://www.globalenvision.org/library/33/655 http://www3.telus.net/linguisticsissues/

linguafranca.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lingua_franca

Exercise 1: [Scanning]

What can you use this strategy for?

 [dark blue]countries with significant concentrations of native speakers of English (in all of these countries English is an official or de facto language of administration) [light blue] other countries in which English is an official or important administrative languageSource: Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page)

Exercise 2: [Personal Reflection]

In your own words, state why you think English has become

a lingua franca

Exercise 3: [Making Inferences]

What can you use this strategy for?

Exercise 4: [Reading non-verbal

information]

What can you use this strategy for?

Source: Extract from Christopher W. Runckel's article.Mr. Runckel advise Federal, State and Local U.S.A. government on a wide range of issues. He is a specialist in foreign trip planning and has served the last seven U.S. Presidents in this capacity.