Department of Translation, Interpretation and Applied Linguistics

First stage of the ”English Language Contest for Would-be translators”

Task. Fill in the gaps with the correct words that you hear while listening to the audio file.

Calls for everyone in England to speak English

A top British official has said the UK government should set a __________ date for everybody in England to
speak English. Dame Louise Casey is an __________on social welfare and community interaction. She said a
"__________language" would help to "heal rifts across Britain". Ms Casey has been a long-time critic of
__________ governments, who she deems have __________ to focus on integration in an ever-increasingly
multicultural Britain. She said politicians had continually failed to keep up with the "unprecedented
__________ and scale of immigration" over the past __________. She said that many communities were
becoming increasingly __________, and a lack of ability in English was a key factor in creating __________.

The UK's Communities Secretary, Sajid Javid, revealed that __________people who live in England
__________speak no English whatsoever or hardly any. He __________that up to __________per cent of those
whose English skills were __________were women, mostly from Pakistani and Bangladeshi communities. He
said these women were at great risk from inequality and discrimination. Ms Casey said: "Everybody of
__________age and of school age should be able to speak one language, and I think the __________in
particular would feel some __________." Opponents of Ms Casey's __________say England should be proud to
be a multi-lingual country and not __________people to learn English if they have no __________to.
*1 correct word = 0,5 points.
**10 points in total

Department of Translation, Interpretation and Applied Linguistics

First stage of the ”English Language Contest for Would-be translators”

Task. Fill in the gaps with the correct words that you hear while listening to the audio file.

Calls for everyone in England to speak English

A top British official has said the UK government should set a __________ date for everybody in England to
speak English. Dame Louise Casey is an __________on social welfare and community interaction. She said a
"__________language" would help to "heal rifts across Britain". Ms Casey has been a long-time critic of
__________ governments, who she deems have __________ to focus on integration in an ever-increasingly
multicultural Britain. She said politicians had continually failed to keep up with the "unprecedented
__________ and scale of immigration" over the past __________. She said that many communities were
becoming increasingly __________, and a lack of ability in English was a key factor in creating __________.

The UK's Communities Secretary, Sajid Javid, revealed that __________people who live in England
__________speak no English whatsoever or hardly any. He __________that up to __________per cent of those
whose English skills were __________were women, mostly from Pakistani and Bangladeshi communities. He
said these women were at great risk from inequality and discrimination. Ms Casey said: "Everybody of
__________age and of school age should be able to speak one language, and I think the __________in
particular would feel some __________." Opponents of Ms Casey's __________say England should be proud to
be a multi-lingual country and not __________people to learn English if they have no __________to.
*1 correct word = 0,5 points.
**10 points in total