What language does Switzerland speak? Take a guess before we reveal anything. It is a trick question, and the trick is the whole point of today's lesson.
Watch and listen as we open each nature word on the board. Which ones sound almost the same across languages, and which ones take a completely different path?
Then think: which of these words might you hear on both sides of a border?
Look at the language map of Africa together. Which countries hold more than one language side by side? Spot a place where a language colour crosses a border.
Notice places where a long-standing home language sits next to a language that came from somewhere else. Language shape and country shape are not the same.
Open your copy. Write one country with more than one official language, and one language spoken in more than one country.
If you need a start, try these stems:
Listen to each word. Can you tell which language it belongs to? Use the sounds you already know as clues, then check your guess.
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