Losing your mother tongue 6 Minute English

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 fullfledge