Active Vocabulary (Term 5)

Languages

Standard English

World language

Mother tongue

Accent

Dialect

Compounds

Derivatives

Mono-, bi-, multilingual

Fluency

To bridge the gap

Competitive edge

Medium of instruction

Learning incentive

Level of proficiency

Language skills

Miscommunication

Crash courses

Dictionary dependence

Vocabulary builder

Pick up a language

Subtleties of communication

Interactive programmes

To get a good workout

Lingua franca

Cockney

Esperanto

Transatlantic English

Contextual clue

Mass media

Paper round

Tabloid \ Broadsheet

The fourth estate

Invasion of privacy

Current affairs

Legal action

Obscene

Newsworthy

Entry qualifications

White-\ blue-collar job

Tabloid journalism

Copyright levies

Pirate radio stations

Attention span

Academic performance

Distance\part-time learning

Benefit \ beneficiary

Face-to-face tutorials

Motto

Benchmark of quality

To capture the audience

Tacit agreement

Dedicated following

Ratings war

Viewing figures

Prime time

License fee

In-depth news

Weighty topics

Music

Middle-of—the-road audience

Revival

Treasury

Accessible

Worthy of attention

To obey the dictum

To sell like hot cakes

Music-to-work-to

Conductor

Busker

The Proms

The Last Night

To cater for \ to appeal to

To revive

To be traced back to

To hand down from generation to generation

Morris Dancing

Bagpipe

Lay \ layman \ amateur