{"id":600,"date":"2014-09-22T08:06:54","date_gmt":"2014-09-22T06:06:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/?p=600"},"modified":"2024-11-11T12:52:21","modified_gmt":"2024-11-11T11:52:21","slug":"language-extinction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2014\/09\/language-extinction\/","title":{"rendered":"Language Extinction"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

B1 – Intermediate<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Economic development is causing the extinction of some languages, according to some scientists. A study has found that minority languages in the most developed parts of the world are most at threat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Listen to the podcast to know more about the extinction of certain languages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/worldservice\/learningenglish\/language\/wordsinthenews\/2014\/09\/140905_witn_languages.shtml<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Discussion Questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Talk about a language that you know has gone extinct.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. In your opinion, do you think that rapid growth of a country can affect the extinction of language?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. What are some of the other local languages that you can speak? How about foreign languages?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. If you were given an opportunity, which languages would you like to learn and master?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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