Fill in the Blanks Lingua FrancaOnline version Gap filling activity for intermediate level students by Oksana Koval 1 directions countries conference use players students visit people franca strategy means first tongues try lingua tourists understand communicate A lingua is a language of a region usually with one another when their languages are not the same . It's the language you when you meet a person who doesn't seem to your own language . That's the language used by , international salespersons , diplomats , scientists , politicians when they are in in foreign , etc . English as a franca is a common of communication among people with different mother . For instance , a Danish tourist in Athens asking a Greek passer - by for ; a French teacher discussing with a Spanish colleague during an international in Oslo ; a group of Italian students chatting with Portuguese and Turkish via Skype about their eTwinning programme ; German , Chinese and Hungarian co - sending each other online messages about their team's future in the game : they all in English as a lingua franca .
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