UNIT 1 – ENGLISH IN INDIA, AND THE WORLD

ACTIVITY 1

How many languages do you speak , and how did you learn them ?Fill in the
table below:

Sr. Language I know When I Learnt it How(from whom) I

no learnt it
1 When I was a child, about 3-4 From my family as they would
years old. often converse in English.
ENGLISH
2 When I was a child, about 2-3 From my friends and family
years old. and also in school.
HINDI
3 This was the first language I From my family as it is my
learnt, when I was about 1-2 mother tongue.
ODIA years old.

4 In junior college, when I was In college, from my professor.

about 16 years old.
FRENCH
(NOT MUCH)

5 In school, when I was about From my teacher and friends.

10 years old.
MARATHI
(NOT MUCH)
ACTIVITY 2
Why do I want to communicate in English? Here are some possible reasons . Do you agree with
them? Do the activity below

Do you have any other reason? add them to the list

You may also rearrange the points in the list in an order of importance that you think is correct. You
may also give examples to support your answer

1. People who knows English can get better jobs

2. I want to speak to people from different parts of India, who speak other languages than my
own
3. Every important person I can think of knows English
4. I want to speak to people from all over the world –most of them know some English
5. I need English to study further
6. I need English to go abroad
7. I like English
8. (Do you have any other reason list them)

I agree/ Disagree/I haven’t

1. I like English.
thought about this
2. I want to speak to
people from all over the
3. People
world, mostwho know know
of them English
_______________________
can get
english. better jobs.
4. I need English to
study further.
_______________________
5. I need
English to go
6. People who know
abroad.
_______________________
English are likely to have
7. Every important
more preference than
person I can think of
others.
8. MostEnglish.
knows people of the
_______________________
world can converse in
9. Speaking in English
English.
increases the chances of
_______________________
10.
many Speaking in
opportunities in
English
life. can make a
11. I want to speak
more to people
_______________________
conversation
from
formal in India.parts of India, who
different
speak other
_______________________
languages than my own.

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