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...become the most spoken language in the world without being influenced by the other languages that it has come into contact with. This contact – the result of population movements, invasions, colonialism, and now global communications – has left an imprint on what English looks like in the twenty-first century. Table 1 shows just some examples of words that have been...

...become markers for them to follow. Other marker words include: on the one hand on the other hand whereas nevertheless even so however therefore. Activity 18 Identifying markers and signposts Timing: Allow about 10 minutes Listen carefully to the audio, which is a conversation between a doctor and a patient called Lorna. Pause it when you hear either of the speakers using...

...become familiar with ways of talking about approximate distance to or from a place. LAS RAMBLAS The ramblais an urban feature virtually unique to Catalonia, and there is one in most Catalan towns. Originally, the Rambla of Barcelona was a seasonal river bed, the name deriving from an Arabic word for river bank, ramla. Different sections of the Rambla in Barcelona have...