1 | Look at the infographic on page 28. Choose the correct words to make a true sentence. This infographic is a visual / long text with opinions / facts.

2 | What’s the infographic’s central idea? Check (✓) the correct answer. ◯ English as an official language ◯ the number of English speakers in the world ◯ the importance of English around the world ◯ English words in Japanese

3 | Scan the infographic and match the numbers (1-4) with the facts (a-d).
1 7.5 2 380,000,000 3 4/5 4 1,500,000,000 |  | a number of English native speakers in the world b number of English speakers in the world c world population, in billions d proportion of English words on computers in the world

4 | Read the infographic. Complete the information. 1 Two countries where English words are common, but people don’t speak English as a first language: _____________Mexico_____________ and _____________Japan_____________ . 2 Three countries where English is the native language: ______________________, ______________________, and ______________________. 3 English is important in these activities: ______________________, ______________________, and ______________________. 4 English is the official language for this profession: ___________________________________

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5 | Complete the sentences with the expressions below. • native speakers • social media • global language • native language • official language 1 Japanese English students are not _____native speakers_____ of English. 2 English is the ___________________ of the FIFA World Cup. 3 English is a ___________________. People speak it all over the world. 4 Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram are all examples of ___________________. 5 Portuguese is the ___________________ of Brazilians.

| THINK! Why is English important to you?
| VIDEO 1 How many singers in the video sing in English? 2 Say the countries you hear in the video.