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Cloze Exe - Legal Fight Hits Music Pirates With Key

The document discusses second language learning. It debates when young people should start learning a second language, with many parents supporting early exposure to languages like English. While children raised bilingually seem to switch between languages easily, it is unclear if this helps with additional language learning.

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Cloze Exe - Legal Fight Hits Music Pirates With Key

The document discusses second language learning. It debates when young people should start learning a second language, with many parents supporting early exposure to languages like English. While children raised bilingually seem to switch between languages easily, it is unclear if this helps with additional language learning.

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Use the word given in (CAPITALS) to form a word that fits in the gap next to it.

Second Language Learning

There has been much debate in recent times about when young people should take up a second
language. This has been especially fuelled in recent times by the increasing (IMPORTANT) ………. placed
on the English language. It is now commonplace to see parents providing a substantial amount of
(FUNDING) ……….. on additional tuition on language lessons to give their children every (COMPETITION)
………. edge. In the past decade, language institutes have sprung up in numerous centres, all claiming to
provide rapid (ADVANCED) ………. in English. There has been a push by many parents to expose their
children to English in their formative years. This, many claim, will make the language more (INSTINCT)
………. and ensure that all pronunciation errors can be avoided. There is some evidence which points to
youngsters who have been raised in bilingual families, where the language spoken at home is different
to the one that they (CONVERSATION) ………… with in their external environment. While these children
can switch between two languages with greater (EASY) ………. , it remains to be seen whether this is
(ADVANTAGE) ………. when learning additional languages.

Importance, funds, competitive, advancement, instinctive, converse, ease, advantageous

You should complete this activity in 15 minutes. Choose the best word to fill the spaces.

Legal fight hits music pirates

The global recording industry has launched its largest wave of legal……….(1) against people suspected
of sharing music files on the internet. The latest move by the International Federation of the
Phonographic Industry (IFPI)………. (2) 2,100 alleged uploaders using peer-to-peer (P2P) networks in 16
nations ………. (3) the UK, France, Germany and Italy. Thousands of people have agreed to pay
compensation since the campaign began. In the US, civil lawsuits have been brought against more than
15,597 people………. (4) September 2003 and there have been 3,590 settlements. 'This is a significant
escalation of our enforcement actions against people who are uploading and distributing ………. (5)
music on p2p networks,' said IFPI chief John Kennedy. 'Thousands of people - mostly internet-savvy men
in their 20s or 30s - have learnt to their ………. (6) the legal and financial risks involved in file-sharing
copyrighted music in large quantities.' Individual cases are generally brought by the national associations
………. (7) the recording industry, and in some cases by the labels, as civil complaints. The UK record
industry has so far brought 97 cases, with a ………. (8) 65 covered by the latest action. More than 140,000
in compensation has been paid to the British Phonographic Industry by 71 individuals.
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