Watch the following TED talks and think about your own opinion. You can put English subtitles on to help your comprehension.
TED Talk - English Mania
TED Talk - Importance of Multiple Languages
Answer the following questions in your notebooks (Justify and develop your answers):
a) What is your opinion of the English Mania TED talk? What are the advantages and disadvantages of this attitude?
b) Do you agree of disagree with the speaker in the talk, "The Importance of multiple langauges"? Explain and justify your opinions.
Useful expressions:
As far as i´m concerned ..
According to this video, it seems that ...
Many people may claim that …, but others argue that …
Some people refuse to accept that …
We’re always told that …
We should ask whether …
We can’t always blame … on/for …
While there are ….
It’s true to say that
In some ways, … / In many ways, …
This doesn’t necessarily mean that…
It’s not necessarily true to say
Even if there are some occasions when …
Personally
In my eyes
I´m not expert but ..
…says we tend to associate…. With the words…
It is true that we tend to associate… with…
My personal attitude to this is…
His/her personal attitude to this seems to be
His/ her belief appears to be that
For me, it is difficult to understand where the writer is coming from
It would be difficult to envisage change in this respect
The idea of…. Is used to highlight…
True that he does make some legitimate points
This proves to us…
The author challenges the norm by saying
He errs on the side of caution
Her stance with regard to this matter is rather…
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