Downloadable worksheets:

"Countries and nationalities (2)" - a 2-page-Reading comprehension for Elementary or Lower Intermediate students
Level: elementary
Age: 9-12
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COUNTRIES-LANGUAGES AND NATIONALITIES- QUIZ (B&W VERSION + KEY INCLUDED)
Level: elementary
Age: 10-12
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"Studying Abroad" + "The Future of English": LISTENING TEST for Upper Intermediate and Lower Advanced students
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-17
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"Countries and nationalities" (4th and Last one in the series) - Reading for Upper Elementary and Lower Intermediate students
Level: elementary
Age: 11-12
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"Countries and Nationalities" (nº 3 in a series of 4) - Reading comprehension for Upper Elementary and Lower Intermediate students
Level: intermediate
Age: 11-12
Downloads: 610

The importance of learning English
Level: elementary
Age: 13-17
Downloads: 583

Languages

What do Game of Thrones' Dothraki, Avatar's Na'vi, Star Trek's Klingon and LOTR's Elvish have in common?

They are all fantasy constructed languages, or conlangs. Conlangs have all the delicious complexities of real languages: a high volume of words, grammar rules, and room for messiness and evolution.

John McWhorter explains why these invented languages captivate fans long past the rolling credits.

Lesson by John McWhorter, animation by Enjoyanimation.

1- A conlang is a group of invented words.

2. If you want to speak a language, memorizing vocabulary is not enough, you need to know the grammar rules.

3. Real languages have grammar, whereas most conlangs don't.

4. The author of Elvish made sure that this conlang also changed throughout time in the fictional world he created.

5. When a language starts being spoken in different regions, it develops differently in each of those places.

6- Tolkien created exceptions in the Elvish language just by accident.

7- Tolkien didn't mean to create a language that could be actually spoken.