Pilot event NLS Building Independent Language Learners th

Pilot event – NLS – Building Independent Language Learners th 7. Saturday July Sheffield Hallam University (very near the station)

NLS Pilot 2018 • 10 till 3 • For Secondary and Primary • Plenaries and Workshops • Friendly • Exhibition • Low cost • For ALL members - join here : www. ALL-Languages. org. uk/join • Contact: steven. fawkes@gmail. com

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LET’S PLAY TO WIN A CHATTERBAG!! • The pope tweets in … languages. a) 8 b) 9 c) 10 b) • South Africa has more official languages than any other country with a) 9. b) 10. c) 11. c) • The most translated book is the Bible at … known languages. a) 2, 454 b) 2, 455 c) 2, 456 a) • The second most translated book is a) Pinocchio c) Cinderella c) Snow White a)

• The language of the Native American Zuni tribe has resemblances to. . Subsequent research confirmed biological similarities between the groups. a) Japanese b) Chinese c) Corean a) • In Archi, a language spoken around the Caspian Sea, each verb can have up to … different conjugations. a) 1. 5 million b) 1. 6 million c) 1. 7 million a) • There is a language in Botswana that consists of … primary click sounds. a) 4 b) 5 c) 6 b)

• There are roughly … languages estimated to still be spoken on Earth. a) 6, 000 b) 7, 000 c) 8, 000 b) • About … of them are in danger of going extinct. a) 2, 300 b) 2, 400 c) 2, 500 b) • In fact, one goes extinct every … days. a) 12 b) 13 c) 14 c) • … of all the languages on Earth are spoken in 1 country, Papua New Guinea. a) almost 1/8 b) almost 1/7 c) almost 1/6 b)

• There are … ways to spell the "o" sound in French. a) 11 b) 12 c) 13 c) • The smallest number of letters in an alphabet is …, in the Papuan language known as Rotokas. a) 11 b) 12 c) 13 a) • The Chinese language (Mandarin/Cantonese) has about … characters. a) 50, 000 b) 55, 000 c) 60, 000 a) • There about … languages in Asia. a) 2, 000 b) 2, 100 c) 2, 200 c)

• … of the world’s population speaks at least some English. a) 1/6 b) 1/5 c) 1/4 c) • … of educational time in Luxembourg devoted to learning English, German, and French. a) 45% b) 50% c) 55% b) • There are … imaginary languages in Lord of The Rings. a) 12 b) 13 c) 14 b) • Esperanto is an artificial language, but is spoken by about … people, and 2 feature films have been done in the language. a) 300, 000 to 1, 000 b) 400, 000 to 1, 500, 000 c) 500, 000 to 2, 000 c)

• There are … working languages of the EU. a) 20 b) 22 c) 24 c) • There are … official UN languages a) 4 b) 5 c) 6 c) • The oldest written language was believed to be written in about … BC. a) 4, 500 b) 4, 000 c) 3, 500 a) • The US has … official language(s). a) 0 b) 1 c) 2 a)

• Russia (148 million inhabitants) has by far the highest number of languages spoken on its territory: from 130 to 200 depending on the criteria. • A new word in the English language is created about every 98 minutes. • The Oxford English Dictionary lists meanings for 414, 800 word forms in the English language… 840 (almost 1/7) of all the languages on Earth are spoken in 1 country. . . Papua New Guinea