Answer for exercise 6
The solution for exercise 6 in chapter 11 - Word play of Outcomes Advanced - Student's Book by Carol Nuttall and Amanda French
Question
Work in groups. Discuss the questions.
Answer
- Languages may become extinct because: more people learning major languages because it helps them get a job, travel, get opportunities; many minority languages have low status in society and students need to speak another, need mainstream language to get educated; people who speak the language are dying out
- Language can be sexist in terms of using words which are gender specific (spokesman, air hostess), in using he to mean all people, etc.