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    Greta, I came across an interesting unusual method of communication you should include in your project. On the Canary Island of La Gomera, there exists a whistling language called Silbo Gomero. For hundreds of years, the island's isolated communities have used whistling to communicate over long distances, as the landscape made speaking difficult to hear. Whistlers translate Spanish words into whistles of varying pitch and length, creating a musical language. The whistles can be heard from up to 5 km away. Interest in Silbo Gomero remains strong as locals pass it down to children. It is even taught in schools and recognized

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    Greta, I came across an interesting unusual method of communication you should include in your project. On the Canary Island of La Gomera, there exists a whistling language called Silbo Gomero. For hundreds of years, the island's isolated communities have used whistling to communicate over long distances, as the landscape made speaking difficult to hear. Whistlers translate Spanish words into whistles of varying pitch and length, creating a musical language. The whistles can be heard from up to 5 km away. Interest in Silbo Gomero remains strong as locals pass it down to children. It is even taught in schools and recognized

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    Greta, I came across an interesting unusual method of communication you should include in your project. On the Canary Island of La Gomera, there exists a whistling language called Silbo Gomero. For hundreds of years, the island's isolated communities have used whistling to communicate over long distances, as the landscape made speaking difficult to hear. Whistlers translate Spanish words into whistles of varying pitch and length, creating a musical language. The whistles can be heard from up to 5 km away. Interest in Silbo Gomero remains strong as locals pass it down to children. It is even taught in schools and recognized

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    3

    Speaking 1
    You are a 16-year-old exchange student in the UK. Your 16-year-old host, Andy, has just
    called you from the airport because another exchange student, Eduardo, has just arrived
    there. Alex is supposed to meet him off the plane, but he has left his mobile phone behind
    at the house. On the phone is a photo of Eduardo, so that Andy can recognise him when he
    sees him. Andy wants you to describe the photo to him. Describe Eduardo to him in as much
    detail as possible, including what he is wearing and what luggage he has with him. Below is
    the text message from Eduardo on Andy’s mobile phone with the photo.
    Speak for approximately two minutes.

    re’s a photo
    Hi Andy! He
    k of me at
    my dad too
    I’m sending
    the airport.
    you can
    it to you so
    m e when I
    recognise
    ’t wait!
    arrive. Can
    Eduardo

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    1 Writing

    A 15-year-old German friend of yours called Gretais is doing a project about unusual methods
    of communication. She has written an email to you, asking you to help her. You have recently
    read the article below about Silbo Gomero, the whistling language of La Gomero in the Canary
    Islands. You decide to write an email to her, telling her about it and suggesting she includes it
    in her project (140-190 words).

    Silbo
    Gomero
    Silbo Gomero is a way of whistling Spanish,
    which exists on the island of La Gomera in the
    Canary Islands. The geography of the area
    consists of high peaks, deep ravines and narrow
    valleys, and this method of communication has
    allowed remote neighbours and communities
    to communicate for hundreds of years, well
    before the invention of the telephone! The
    whistles are loud enough to hear at distances
    up to 5 km, much further than a human voice
    could. Whistlers use whistles of different pitch
    and length to ‘translate’ Spanish words, and
    the result is a musical language not unlike a
    bird singing. Interest in the language has
    grown, not fallen, in recent years, and local
    people are passing down the knowledge to
    their children, because they are determined
    that this unique mode of communication
    should never die out. In fact, it is taught as a
    course at school on the island of La Gomera
    and UNESCO has declared it as a Masterpiece
    of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity.

    La Gomera

    © Express Publishing 3
    ISBN 978-1-4715-9836-4

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