ENGLISH AS AN INTERNATIONAL LANGUAGE Abstract This paper is intended to raise awareness on the aspects which define English as an international language‚ by examining the characteristics of an international language‚ the number of users‚ how it spread to reach global status‚ what factors may impede its continued spread and what dangers are involved in the development of English as an international language. English’s
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years ago in Costa Rica has been implemented English as a second language in educational institutions. Thence‚ there have been a lot of teachers in order to teach this language to our students during elementary school and high school. However‚ this goal has been limited and in most cases is not met. This is because many of the teachers do not have basis and rationale for teaching‚ in many schools across the country many of them do not speak the language or by 50%‚ do not have good pronunciation‚
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Disadvantages of English As A Global Language A widely accepted definition of global English which can be found at "www.reference.com" is "English as a global means of communication in numerous dialects‚ and also the movements towards an international standard for the language‚ it is also referred to as world English‚ common English or general English." In regard to history and why English developed into a global language‚ Crystal(1977) points out that the current status of English dominance is mainly
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"The English Language" Essay Navigation • Study Pack on English language • Copyright • Order our English language Study Pack [pic] [pic] Get The Standard Deviants - Learn English as a Second Language (ESL) DVD 4-Pack from Amazon.com [pic] Not What You Meant? There are 96 definitions for George. Also try: Barton or Emil or Neville or English. [pic] Student Essay on The English Language [pic] [pic] [pic] [pic] About 2 pages (512 words) English language
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Importance of English Language In countries like Pakistan‚ with people of various cultures live‚ the languages of each part of the country also differ. English can be the only link as people in each place will not be able to learn all the other languages to communicate with the people. English bridges this gap and connects the people. When a person travels to another part of the world either for the sake of business or even as a tourist‚ the languages may differ. In these conditions‚ English is the language
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of English language in the modern time To date‚ none of the artificial languages‚ ever invented by mankind‚ never became a common world language. As a means of international communication‚ people still use natural languages. So the United Nations (UN)‚ on the basis of the real distribution and use of languages in the world (based on the total number of speakers and the number of countries using one or another language)‚ has selected their official languages of the following 6 languages: English
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learning English is important? English is currently the most wide spread language in the world‚ it is second only to Mandarin Chinese in terms of the amount of people which speak it‚ but second to none in terms of the number of people learning it. It is currently the primary language used on the World Wide Web‚ in the political and business arenas. It has even become the language of today’s pop culture. So yes‚ I definitely think that learning English is important. While English may not have
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History of the English language From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia (Redirected from History of English Language) Jump to: navigation‚ search English is a West Germanic language that originated from the Anglo-Frisian dialects brought to Britain by Germanic invaders from various parts of what is now northwest Germany and the Netherlands. Initially‚ Old English was a diverse group of dialects‚ reflecting the varied origins of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England. One of these dialects‚ Late
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my mind on Globalization Of English. As we see the World most of the people speak english Some as their native language and some othe ras a second language and specially some learn english to connect or communicater with other people. So many people says it si an global language But It is not the worlds’ 1st highest spoken language.Its only 2nd highest spoken language. Now a question raises for me i think for others too “how can english language be the Global language ???” there raises the problem
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English Philology Department Gender in the English language: a diachronic perspective 8.030502 – the English Language and Literature Course Paper CONTENTS INTRODUCTION………………………………………………………3-5 CHAPTER I. THEORETICAL BASIS FOR THE STUDY OF THE CATEGORY OF GENDER IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE 1.1. The study of Gender in Modern Linguistics……………………….6-8 1.2. Contradictory Views on Gender in Modern English………………8-10 1.3. The Category of Gender in Germanic
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