Question

ANSWER IF TRUE OR FALSE
Marcela: “I live in Tijuana in Mexico, but I work in San Diego in the USA five days a week. I speak English and Spanish well and I’m taking weekly Japanese classes at the moment. Sometimes I don’t know how to say what I want to say English, so I say it in Spanish. Luckily, most people I know speak both languages.”

Wotoro: “There are over 60 languages in Kenya and there are two official languages, so it’s common for people to speak at least three different languages – their mother tongue and English and Swahili. I speak Gikuyu with my family, English on Monday to Friday mornings when I go to school, and Swahili or Gikuyu when I buy things at the market. I think in all three languages. Right now, I’m thinking in English because I’m speaking English.”

Robert: “I live in Belgium and I speak Flemish (which is like Dutch) and French. I live in Flanders and almost everyone here speaks Dutch and French. A lot of people also speak English, like me – I’m speaking English now! I visit the French – speaking part of Belgium every month because my grandmother lives there. A lot of people there don’t know Flemish or English.”
Brad: “ I’m American, but I work at a French immersion school. I’m teaching beginner’s French at the moment. I started to learn French when I was four and a half and then I majored in French at college and lived in France for a few years. Some people think that being bilingual makes you smarter. I don’t know if that’s true, but it’s fun to know two languages.”

TRUE FALSE
1 Brad lives in a country where French is an important language. …………. ………..
2 Wotoro is working as a teacher at the moment. …………. ……….
3 Robert goes to school five days a week. …………. …….
4 Marcela lives and works in two different countries. …… ………..
5 Marcela uses French when he/she is teaching. …………. ………..
6 Wotoro is learning a new language. …………. ………..
7 Brad regularly travels to a different part of the same country. …………. ………..
8 Robert thinks to know more than one language is fun. …………. ………..
9 Robertuses French when he/she is visiting family. …………. ………..
10 Marcela uses the mother language to make people understand. ………… ………..
C READING ANSWER KEY

Answer 1

TRUE FALSE

1 Brad lives in a country where French is an important language. FALSE

2 Wotoro is working as a teacher at the moment. FALSE

3 Robert goes to school five days a week. FALSE

4 Marcela lives and works in two different countries. TRUE

5 Marcela uses French when he/she is teaching. FALSE

6 Wotoro is learning a new language. FALSE

7 Brad regularly travels to a different part of the same country. FALSE

8 Robert thinks to know more than one language is fun. FALSE

9 Robert uses French when he/she is visiting family. FALSE

10 Marcela uses the mother language to make people understand FALSE