Cover of the textbook Speakout Intermediate - Students' Book

The key answer of exercise 3

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 1.1 - Me and my languages for the textbook Speakout Intermediate - Students' Book with authors Antonia Clare and J. J. Wilson from Pearson Education

Question

  1. Read the title of the text. What do you think it will discuss? Read to find out.
  2. Read the text again and answer the questions.
  3. Underline words or phrases in the text that match meanings 1-6 below.

Answer

a)

The text is about some of the most common myths about bilingualism.

b)

  1. Danish, English, Portuguese, Spanish, Italian, German
  2. Danish and English from his mother; Spanish from his father; Portuguese, Italian and German from living in countries where those languages are spoken.
  3. around fifty percent
  4. pronunciation
  5. protection against mental illnesses such as Alzheimer's

c)

  1. native
  2. pick up (pick up something)
  3. multilingual
  4. persistent myths
  5. acquire
  6. gain insights