Language and Nationality

  • Post category:Reading

Topic: Nationalities

Mode: Interpretive

Level: Novice

Students will choose nationalities that are associated with each language given.

Version 1

Instructions to students 

Select all possible answers. 

  1. People who speak Arabic are of the following nationalities.

    Saudi Arabian, Italian, Serbian, Egyptian

  1. People who speak English are of the following nationalities. 

    Australian, English/British, Greek, Russian

  1. People who speak French are of the following nationalities.

    French, Argentinian, Senegalese, Malagasy

  1. People who speak Mandarin are of the following nationalities. 

    Chinese, Indian, Ukranian, Nepalese

  1. People who speak Hindi are of the following nationalities. 

    Croatian, Dutch, Indian, Polish

  1. People who speak Yoruba are of the following nationalities.

    Tanzanian, Nigerian, Iranian, Argentinian

  1. People who speak Uzbek are of the following nationalities.

    American, Romanian, Afghan, Uzbek

  1. People who speak Russian are of the following nationalities.

    Russian, Lithuanian, Bolivian, Malaysian

  1. People who speak German are of the following nationalities.

    German, American, Cuban, Austrian

  1. People who speak Swahili are of the following nationalities.

    Kenyan, Tanzanian, Ugandan, Rwandan

Version 2

Instructions to students 

Match the country with the correct language. 

  1. Korea        Japanese
  2. Nigeria    Spanish 
  3. India        Uzbek
  4. Pakistan    French
  5. Uzbekistan    Hindi
  6. Japan        Swahili
  7. France    Urdu
  8. Spain        Arabic
  9. Tanzania    Korean
  10. Iraq        Yoruba

Answer Key

  1. Korean
  2. Yoruba
  3. Hindi
  4. Urdu
  5. Uzbek
  6. Japanese
  7. French
  8. Spanish
  9. Swahili
  10. Arabic