Languages Work*

Media

Whether you work in advertising, journalism, film, fashion or computer games, another language is a valuable and important asset.

 

1. Can you match these actors with the language they speak?
a) Kate Beckinsale b) Colin Firth c) Emma Thompson d) Tim Roth
German, Spanish, Italian, French

• Answer

  a) Kate Beckinsale - French
  b) Colin Firth - Italian
  c) Emma Thompson - Spanish
  d) Tim Roth - German

2. These are familiar TV shows. How many do you recognise?

a) ¿Quiere ser milionario? b) Urgences c) Hadaka no Chefu d) Malcolm mittendrin OR Alle hassen Chris

• Answer

  a) Who wants to be a millionaire - Spain
  b) ER - France
  c) The Naked Chef - Japan
  d) Malcolm in the middle OR Everyone hates Chris - Germany

3. Did you know that the BBC provides news in 33 languages? Go to www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice and click on one of the foreign language sites. Apart from the news, how does this site differ from the English site? Can you tell if it is the same news, or different news?