Exercise1

1. Mother tongue
2. Multilingual
3. Fluent
4. Get by
5. Am rusty
6. Pick up
7. A global language
8. A minority language
9. A foreign language
10. A widely spoken language
11. A second language

Exercise2

1. Dialects
2. Dubbed/subtitled
3. Loanwords
4. Accents

Exercise3

1. Have lost touch

2. Keeps in touch
3. To get back in touch

Exercise4

Because I've moved away from my hometown, my old school friends and I can't just go round each
other's houses. We keep in touch via social networking sites and by phone. Otherwise, though, I find
that rather impersonal, so when it comes to friends who live nearby, I like to meet up with them for
coffee.

Exercise5

1. Integration
2. Commonly
3. Working
4. Remarkable
5. Largely
6. Technological
7. Recognisable
8. Creates
9. Global
10. Speaking
Part1
1.
 Mother tongue is Vietnamese
 Predominantly spoken in Vietnam
2.
 Grew up in Vietnam
 Can also speak English and Chinese
 famous idol
 really proud to be bilingual
3.
 how far away your friends
 live near each other
+ meet up face-to-face
 Long-distance communication
+ lead to misunderstandings and resentment
4.
 People use the Internet and mobile phones
 no one in my circle of friends had a cellphone
 feel left out if you didn't have one
 to meet up with friends rather than communicate via technology

Part2
Introduction
My favourite language besides English - it’s Korean for sure
 an interesting language 
 has a very close relationship with Korea
Body
 I doubt it would be really challenging for me >not a Latin language > different from
my mother tongue
 get familiar with > alphabetical system
 hard tones and stresses > time-consuming 
 get a grasp of it gradually > enroll on a Korean course 
 get a good textbook that summarizes all essential vocabulary and grammar > easier
for me to acquire than their grammar > extremely frustrating.
 The reason why 
+ knowing Korean in combination with my English skills > give me a competitive
advantage
Conclusion
 definitely a handy language