A closer look 1 SVIP

Fill in the blanks with the words/phrases in the box.

1. : a student who attends a school in a foreign country for a period of time

2. : to express or represent something

3. : all the words in a language

4. : people who have come to live permanently in a different country

5. : the language someone learns to speak from birth

Fill in each blank with a word or phrase in the box.

1. What does your name , Mi? - It's the name of a bird.

2. English is increasing because it borrows words from other languages.

3. In Australia, there are a lot of who have come from other countries.

4. His is Vietnamese, but he can speak English and French fluently.

5. This year our school has a(n) from Britain. She will study with us for one month.

Fill in the blanks with the words/phrases in the box.

1. : a different type of something

2. : able to speak two languages equally well

3. : able to speak, read, or write a language, especially a foreign language, easily and well

4. : (of circles) having the same centre

5. : a language which has legal status in a country

Match two parts to make meaningful expressions.

Choose the correct word to complete each sentence.

1. English is a(n) officialfirst language in Singapore besides Malay, Mandarin, and Tamil.

2. Although he was born in Britain, he is fluentbilingual in Vietnamese.

3. After you picklook up a word in the dictionary, remember to make an example with it.

4. How many books have you translatedpicked from English into Vietnamese?

5. Remember to gocopy over the words you have learnt in class.

Put the words into the correct columns.