Geteway, b1, unit 3: plurilingual, Use of English

Languages change when they come into contact with other people and cultures. English, for example, has lots of words from Latin, ________ is the language that the Romans spoke.

For similar reasons, English has ________ words that come from German and French – but these changes took place very slowly.

In the 21st century, the world is a different place, and changes are happening very fast. We travel and ____________ business with each other, our news ____________ to us on our smartphones, and we watch ____________ same movies. We also use more and more of the same words in different languages.

Experts who ____________ languages say it’s not ____________ that everyone will speak the same language, but it is not very likely.

However, there may be some kind of ‘International English’, a very simple form of English which doesn’t have _______________ of the problems of normal English like irregular verbs and difficult spelling. But everyone’s own language is important for their culture, and people will always work very hard to keep it alive.