Students will listen for vocabulary and match it to definitions.  ****Recommended: Pre-task and discussion questions****

Have you heard of Esperanto? Could and should an artificial language become the next lingua franca?

What might be the lingua franca after English?

What languages are the most important to learn, in your opinion, for international trade, politics and travel?

Paul explains why English is now the lingua franca. The video includes some history but also modern phenomenon vocabulary.  

Why Did English Become the International Language?

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Let's do English ESL deep listening: focus on meaning. Students will listen for vocabulary and match it to definitions.  ****Recommended: Pre-task and discussio…