English as a Global Language The phenomenal rise in use of English has mainly taken place over the last two decades. English has reached high status world-wide because of several factors; as the mother tongue of millions of people all over the world‚ as the language that millions of children learn at school and the language that is used in international relations‚ for global communication and as the major media language. The importance of a global language has become major‚ in some contexts
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The Importance of Studying English It is a big concerned for teenagers nowadays as they are unaware of the importance of English language as they tend to ignore to learn the language. Students’ attitude towards the language is also crucial to make sure that these teenagers can face the future world better by learning English language as it is an international language. Although the government has repeatedly told us of the importance of English‚ many students are still not bothered about
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Tongue” is a passage written by Amy Tan ‚ an American writer to reveal some of her past experiences with her mother. She knows different types of english and the type she uses to communicating with her mom is different from the standard ones that she learns at school. The extract focuses on the” broken english” that her mother speaks . She quotes some of her words’’ Respect for making big celebrations‚ he shows up’’. This shows the way she speaks english is transferred from the thought of a chinese
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the world’s global language‚ English. English is the most widely spoken language in the history of our planet‚ used in some way by at least one out of every seven human beings around the globe. Majority of international phone calls are made in English‚ more than 70% of International mails are written and addressed in English. Half of the world’s books and as much as 80% of all computer texts are written and stored in English (Lederer‚ 2001). The rise of English speaking nation’s economic
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The English language has had an adventure in many respects‚ and has been very near extinction. The original language is undistinguishable from the language that we speak today. Although the language is very deeply rooted in the Latin language it has managed to retain much of its Germanic qualities. Today the language is about sixty percent Germanic and forty percent Romantic. The beginning of English started with the Scandinavian people when they landed in Britain in the 5th and 6th centuries A
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English as a global language English is spoken in most parts of the world‚ for instance in Great Britain‚ the USA‚ Canada‚ Australia‚ New Zealand and in many more countries. Moreover in African states English serves as main form of communication. English is‚ after the Chinese one‚ the language most people speak and it is the most popular second language and foreign language pupils learn in school. The English language is often named as a “killer language” that wipes out smaller languages
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WORK PLAN 1st TERM 2012-2013 ENGLISH WEEK | TOPIC (S) | TEXTS/ MATERIAL | WAYS OF WORKING | OBJECTIVES AND LEARNING TARGETS | ASSESSMENT | 34-35 | Introduction | “A Secret for Two” (hand out)“Where Do I Come From?”(Listening Comprehension) | Reading short storyDiscussing text i pairs/ full classListeningAnswering questions afterwards | Practice in informal communicationListening comprehension practice: English accents | InformalVocabulary TestWritten letter about yourself to be handed in |
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but the most common by far is English‚ although other languages such as Spanish and French are also quite common. According to the CIA World Factbook‚ on a census taken in 2000: 82.1% of Americans speak English 10.7% of Americans speak Spanish 3.8% of Americans speak another Indo-European language (www.cia.gov) These results can be slightly surprising since the assumption by many Americans would be that there are a higher percentage of people who speak English in the United States. Enrollment
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English as a Common Ground Shaun Porraz ENG 122 Rozlyn Truss-Linder September 12‚ 2012 English as a Common Ground English as a common ground is so that Americans can understand what is being spoken to each other. Americans should be able to communicate and read any material out in this country without wondering what is being said. Foreigners or non-English speaking citizens are increasingly becoming more segregated‚ creating poverty- stricken areas. The creation of
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the world’s history. Not all of these cases have been successful. After 1066‚ the Franco-Normans attempted to make French‚ or rather the Norman dialect of French‚ the national language. After 300 years‚ they eventually gave up trying and learned English. The Hungarians resisted centuries of attempts by Ottoman Turks and later Habsburg Austrians to make Hungarian illegal. Immigration is a large cause of linguistic imperialism. This is most often seen as the act of an invading or migrating people
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