{"id":6981,"date":"2017-08-07T16:48:08","date_gmt":"2017-08-07T14:48:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/?p=6981"},"modified":"2021-10-11T09:27:13","modified_gmt":"2021-10-11T07:27:13","slug":"china-moves-to-ban-use-of-uyghur-language-in-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2017\/08\/china-moves-to-ban-use-of-uyghur-language-in-schools\/","title":{"rendered":"China Moves to Ban Use of Uyghur Language in Schools"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>B2 &#8211; Upper intermediate<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>National language drives national unity in any country, even if there are hundreds of other languages and dialects present in the state. Apart from a name, boundary, currency, or flag, a national language makes a country respectable. National language clearly indicates the national character of a country. If you want to profoundly understand and penetrate into a society, you must know how to speak and write their language.<\/p>\n<p>Listen to the audio and read the transcript:<\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"China Moves to Ban Use of Uyghur Language in Schools\" href=\"https:\/\/learningenglish.voanews.com\/a\/china-moves-to-ban-uyghur-language-in-schools\/3969575.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/learningenglish.voanews.com\/a\/china-moves-to-ban-uyghur-language-in-schools\/3969575.html<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Discussion Questions:<\/strong><br \/>\n1. Do you think this measure is an act of ethnic discrimination or a measure to educate everyone in the country to speak one common language?<br \/>\n2. Is it important to have one national language known and used by everyone in the country?<br \/>\n3. 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