1.

Fill in the gaps

Hear, advantages, normal, benefit, acquire, believe,
insight into, multilingual, picked up
Many people think that my family is not 1 ….., because
you can 2 .….. four different languages in my house. My
mother speaks Russian. My father is German and
grandpa is half-danish. My sister and I 3 …… English
language while living in USA for a year. Being bilingual
or 4 ….. has many 5…… . Bilinguals 6 ….. in many ways.
Many people 7 ….. that its better to 8 ….. second
langauge as a child. On the whole, bilingual people gain
9 ….. other cultures that is very interesting.

2. Matching
1.relating to the language you grew up speaking
2.learnt by listening or watching other people
3.speaking many languages
4.false ideas that people continue to believe and repeat
5.learn a language without needing to try hard
6. understand important truths about a subject
a. gain insight into
b. myth
c. mother tongue
d. multilingual
e. pick up
f. acquire