Cover of the textbook Identity B1+

The key answer of exercise 6

The key to exercise solutions in chapter Trending Topics 1 for the textbook Identity B1+ with authors Elizabeth Sharman from Oxford University Press

Question

Tick (✓) the statements you agree with and put a cross (✗) next to the ones you disagree with. In groups. Share your opinions and give reasons.

Answer

  • Learning languages is too hard for primary school. ✓
  • Maths and science are more useful than languages. ✗
  • You have to learn English if you want to get a good job these days. ✓
  • Learning a language only makes sense if you're going to travel to countries where it is spoken. ✗
  • English is the only foreign language that people need. ✗
  • Schools should stop teaching French and start teaching Mandarin Chinese instead. ✓
  • We need to preserve dialects and minority languages. ✓
  • Computer coding isn't a language. ✗
  • Computer coding is the most important skill for the 21st century. ✓