1.Complete the words in the sentences.

(Hoàn thành các từ trong các câu.)

1. My English vocabulary is not very good. I need to learn a lot more words.

(Vốn từ vựng tiếng Anh của tôi không tốt lắm. Tôi cần phải học thêm rất nhiều từ.)

2. At school my dad didn't learn a f_ _ _ _ _ _ language, but my mum learned French.

3. My cousin learned Spanish from Maria, n_ _ _ _ _ speaker. Maria moved to England from Spain four years ago.

4. My aunt is German and my uncle is Australian. Their two children are b_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ , but they speak German better than English.

5. My dream is to speak English f_ _ _ _ _ _ _ and then work in England.

6. Finnish g_ _ _ _ _ _ is very difficult. I always confuse my tenses.

2.Read the article and mark the sentences T (true) or F (false).

(Đọc bài và đánh dấu các câu T (đúng) hoặc F (sai).)

MAKATON

Did you use Makaton when you were a child? Many people did. Today over 100,000 people, children and adults, use it in more than forty countries! So, what is Makaton? And which country speaks it?

In fact, it isn't a normal language. There isn't a country where people speak Makaton because it's an invented language. But it is very useful to a lot of people. In 1970 three researchers at the Royal College for Deaf People invented the language for people who had problems communicating. It was for people who couldn't hear, people who had learning problems, people who had problems communicating, and especially for young children who were slow learning to speak.

Makaton uses movements of the hand and body, and expressions on the face together with spoken words to communicate. It's possible to communicate more than 7,000 ideas! When the speaker starts to use spoken language (like a young child) he uses Makaton and words and then stops using Makaton completely. For other people with bigger problems, Makaton helps them 'talk' to other people. For example, it can help them take part in games, read and tell stories, and show how they are feeling

Margaret Walker, Katherine Johnstone and Tony Cornforth created the language and their wonderful idea helps a lot of people today. The name of the language is the first letters of their names.

3.Read the article again. Answer the questions.

(Đọc lại bài viết. Trả lời các câu hỏi.)

1. How many people use Makaton? 

2. When did the three researchers invent Makaton?

3. Where did they work?

4. How many ideas can Makaton show?

5. What was the name of the male researcher?

6. Where did the letters in the name Makaton come from?