When a language dies: a talk on linguistic diversity
A linguist's talk on endangered languages: how many there are, what is lost when one disappears (from absolute directions to evidential grammar) and what the revivals of Hebrew, Welsh and Manx teach us.
C2Adults55 minTalk
About this lesson
A C2 listening lesson (talk). Dialogues and stories to listen to, with transcripts, speed control and ready-made questions.
- Level
- C2
- Skill
- Listening
- Type
- Talk
- Students
- Adults
- Time
- About 55 minutes
- Topic
- Countries & cultures
- Activities
- Speaking / writing task, Key words, Listening (read aloud), True / False, Multiple choice, Matching
- Key words
- endangered, nostalgia, oriented, cognition, infer, irreplaceable
- Access
- Premium
By the end, students can
- Follow a talk that develops an argument through examples and a counter-argument
- Understand complex sentence structures and emphatic devices such as cleft sentences
- Discuss the value of linguistic diversity and language policy