Writing Task 2. Answer the following questions and write
1.Has Mars got any blue oceans or green land?
2.Who was the first person who said that the Earth went roul he
Sun?
3. Who called the Sun Helious?
4. Which planet has got four seasons like Earth?
5. What colour is Mars?
Magda Szabo from Hungary. We call (Present Simple) our planet "a global village" now which means (Present Simple) that everything is gradually becoming (Present Continuous) one grey mass: our culture, our eating habits and even the way we think. (Present Simple) I think this means that we should keep (Modals + infinitive) everything that is characteristic to us and our language in first place. We should guard (Modals + infinitive) our own mother tongue as a precious possession and use (Present Simple) any second language just as a way to communicate with other global citizens.
Hector Kadmos from Greece. No language is easy to learn because they all have (Present Simple) their own history and culture! And no language can be simplified (Modals + infinitive) just for the sake of easiness. By trying to make it easier, we might deform (Modals + infinitive) it and then, together with its complexity, much of its beauty would disappear! I think (Present Simple) students should deal (Modals + infinitive) with the real language and all its complexity and be exposed to real-life language used by native speakers. This is the only way to teach learners how to manage in a real conversation.
Lea Hoffman from Germany I know (Present Simple) that doing business in English does not always require (Present Simple) very good usage or even a complete understanding of the language. Why should we speak (Modals + infinitive) the way native speakers do (Present Simple) when we can already understand (Modals + infinitive) each other? It is more important (Present Simple) to be able to communicative and understand each other than it is to be grammatically correct. Sometimes students are taught (Present Simple) old-fashioned phrases and vocabulary with subtle meanings and this makes (Present Simple) it difficult for all users of English to understand each other! Students should be taught (Modals + infinitive) simpler English.
Peter Teller from the UK. I don't think (Present Simple) there is any use in simplifying a language: if we over-simplify (Present Simple) the language we teach (Present Simple), it will become (Future Simple) useless for real communication. On the other hand, if the language is too difficult to learn, not many people will be able to master (Modals + infinitive) it. I believe (Present Simple) we should teach (Modals + infinitive) a foreign language in a manner close to how children start (Present Simple) learning their mother tongue, and then gradually work (Present Simple) towards the real-life language. We definitely should aim (Modals + infinitive) at reaching a "real" language level, otherwise there is no sense in learning it at all.
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