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Writing and the languages of the world
Textbook: Part 4, topic 23, pp. 29–37
GoalLearn about writing and the languages of the world.
New words
writing · yozuvlanguage · tilpolyglot, speaker of many languages · poliglothello · salom
Explanation
There are thousands of languages in the world. Each people has its own language, so they greet differently: in Uzbek — Salom, in English — Hello. People first wrote their thoughts with pictures; later letters were invented for sounds. A person who knows many languages is called a polyglot (poliglot). Knowing other languages helps us find new friends.
Worked examples
“World of languages”. There are thousands of languages in the world. Each people has its own language and writing. We speak Uzbek. At school we also learn English. A person who knows many languages is called a polyglot. If we know a foreign language, we find new friends.
Salom — Hello — Assalomu alaykum: one thought, different languages.
Class activity
“Hello around the world”: children learn greetings in several languages (Uzbek, English, Russian, Korean) and greet each other in them.
Practice
1
According to the text: who is a polyglot?
A person who knows many languages.
2
According to the text: which foreign language do we learn at school?
English
3
Say 1 sentence about the benefit of knowing a foreign language.
For example: If we know a foreign language, we can make friends from other countries.