What does it mean for a child refugee to lose their first language? Sam and Rob hear the story of a woman who replaced her native Czech for English when her family had to leave their home country, and they teach you new vocabulary along the way.
❓❓❓ This week’s question:
According to the United Nations, how many people around the world are currently living as displaced refugees?
a) 3 million
b) 53 million
c) 103 million
Listen to the programme to find out the answer.
Vocabulary:
✔️ mother tongue - native language; the first language you learn from your parents as a child
✔️ (someone is) dunked into - suddenly placed into a new, unfamiliar situation for a short time before being removed again
✔️ have faith - have confidence or trust in something or someone
✔️ sort itself out - (phrasal verb) stop being a problem, without anyone having to do anything
✔️ full-fledged - complete; fully developed
✔️ either-or - situation where only a choice between two options, with no third alternative, is possible
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