Name a job where a second language is the whole job. Then name one where it is just useful.
By the end of this lesson, you will be able to:
- Notice where one language is used in many places on a continent
- Name a country you would like to understand, and the language you would need
Look at the map of South America on the board. One language stretches across many countries. The countries open one at a time: help count where Spanish is spoken, then spot who speaks Portuguese instead.
Now switch from looking to listening. Listen to each short clip twice. Quietly guess which language you hear. After the second play, we will share which one surprised you, and whether any clip matched a language from our South America map or is one you hear somewhere else, including at home.
Useful language names (you may use these or the English words):
- español (ess-pan-yol) = Spanish
- português (por-too-gesh) = Portuguese
- français (frahn-say) = French
Open your copy. Write three short lines:
- Country I most want to understand: ___
- Language I would need: ___
- One thing I would do when that door opens: ___
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