【雅思口语】八大魔鬼话题之六:语言
2 对全球性语言的讨论:
这是一个现在普遍讨论的话题,在经济全球化的影响下,语言是否需要全球化?使用全球性语言是否又会推进经济全球化?此重任又应当由何种语言来担当?在雅思写作考试中也有类似的考题,所以深度可想而知。考生不妨把两门考试结合起来准备,但注意口语和书面语稍加区别即可。
① Do you think it's important (or, a good idea) to have one main world language? (= “a universal language”)
② What would be the advantages and disadvantages of having a global language?
③ Which language could become global language?
④ Is that useful for future globalization?
⑤ Is that important to business?
3 语言学习能力的比较:
这是现在第三部分题目较常出现的一种提问方式,在语言类话题中尤其对语言学习能力及学习方法的差异提问较多,其中不同年龄、不同性别及不同天分的人之间的比较都有。所谓没有比较就没有结果,对比较类的提问方式考生应试着分别从比较的两个对象入手分析,回答就会更丰富一些。
① Why do you think some people are better than others at learning a foreign language?
② Who do you think is better at learning a language, boys or girls?
③ Are there any differences between the way the young and the elderly learn a language?
④ Why is it easy for some to learn a foreign language whereas hard for others?
⑤ Why some children learn language faster than others?
4 语言与教育的结合:
因为涉及教育的方面,所以这里的语言教育基本限定在英语,多数也用比较的方式来提问,例如在教授英文时外教与中教的区别,父母与学校所肩负的幼教英语的责任孰轻孰重等等。回答的切入点同上。
① What is the difference between foreigner teacher and Chinese teacher in teaching English?
② Who is responsible in teaching children English? The parents or the school?
5 语言与文化的结合:
语言本身就是文化的一部分,所以把语言结合文化来提问也是十分自然的。下面两个问题仍然是简单的”yes or no”问题,但回答的关键在于如何用较浅显易懂的例子将抽象的文化与语言的关系具体化。
① Do you think it's possible to learn a foreign culture without learning the language?
② Will the learning of a new language change your understanding of local culture?
最后,在充分了解语言话题内容的前提下,结合自身的英语学习经验,以此为基础对其它特点考题做好充分准备就能以不便应万变,从容应考。