Иностранный язык: базовый курс
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language. Exercise 11 A). Read the article and put the sentences in the correct gaps A. He grew up in Guatemala, surrounded by people trying to learn English. B. It depends what you mean by learn a language. C. Since its launch in 2012, more than 30 million people have downloaded the 2013 Apple app of the year. D. One of the big changes caused by tech is the demographic shift in language learners. E. The growth of technology for educational use has transformed the way in which people learn and access education. Technology has changed the way people learn and access education, particularly languages. T here are more people actively learning a language through DuoLingo 73 than in the entire US public school system," says Luis von Ahn, founder of the free language learning app. __1___. As a result the education was gamified and attracted new demographics of language learners. __2___. This is particularly true for languages, an area in which the explosion of mobile apps and interactive software has provided choice to a range of people who were previously unable to access foreign language education. Von Ahn says that when he founded DuoLingo he was determined to find a way for people to learn a language for free. Free access to languages was something Von Ahn had a personal interest in addressing. ___3___ . The majority of them failed to do so because they could not afford it. ____4__. Languages have long been associated with the elite, but now people from less privileged backgrounds are finding affordable ways to learn. English remains the resoundingly most-in-demand language – the British Council estimates that by 2020, 2 billion people will be learning English across the world – due in large part to the advantage it offers economic migrants. While advances in tech may have created opportunities for more people to access education, the question remains as to whether it is actually possible to learn a language only using online tools. “___5___," says Von Ahn. "You can learn to the point where you can navigate and have relatively simple conversations but you probably won't be writing any great works of literature." жүктеу/скачать 1,21 Mb. Достарыңызбен бөлісу:
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