Here are the answers from the newsletter. Are you an expert of the World Cup?
Q. South Africa has ___ official languages.
A. 11
Q. The FIFA Website has six foreign language versions. Can you guess what they are?
A. They are: English, French, Spanish, German, Portuguese, and Arabic.
Q. English is the official language of how many World Cup teams?
A. 7 – Australia, Cameroon, England, Ghana, New Zealand, Nigeria, and USA
Q. Even prior to preparing to host the World Cup, South Africa’s road signs were written in _____.
A. English
Q. Broadcasts of the 64 games are also available for online viewing with: 1.) International Sign Language OR 2.) American Sign Language?
A. International Sign Language
LANGUAGE CHALLENGE!
Check out these websites where you can watch the games in a foreign language:
To visit the official website for the 2010 FIFA World Cup: http://www.fifa.com.
For more information on the World Cup and up-to-date statistics of the games, visit ESPN’s Soccernet site: http://soccernet.espn.go.com/world-cup/