Your Language Connection:

How Much Do You Know About the Language of the World Cup?

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/

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