The phrasal verb “ought to be” (l.20) is used to indicate a condition.

Nowadays, language has been seen as a unified system, and the ultimate aim of the learner is to approach the target language norms.

Different learners have different communicative requirements which should be reflected in the content of the curriculum.

Without doubt, the most pervasive changes in language learning classes over the last years are those that can be described as communicative language teaching.

Learning another language is a matter of acquiring new linguistic habits.

few quality British films were produced during the 1960s.

Prior to the 1960s, Britain had a small but thriving film industry.

The adverb “wittily” (l.6) is the same as aggressively.

The word “outbreak” (l.5) means sudden increase.

The word “yet” (l.2) is synonymous with nevertheless.