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A very interesting worksheet on language aquisition is here for you. In it, learners are presented with many common phrases in the English language, and they must write down how they would say that phrase in their own language. This worksheet could be used for a variety of foreign language learners.

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12th - Higher Ed
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English Language Arts
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