English for Specific Purposes (ESP) is one of the significant features in the field of English Language Teaching; and‚ it is an important branch of the EFL/ESL (English as a Foreign/Second Language) arena. In the backdrop of the expansion of various fields and branches of knowledge‚ it assumes the status of a significant branch in English Language Teaching (ELT). ESP courses gain prominence and the concept of teaching of ESP has been accepted all over the world. Most of the countries are implementing
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Is English a ‘Killer Language’? The Globalisation of a Code Tanja Eckert‚ Andrea Johann‚ Anna Känzig‚ Melanie Küng‚ Bianca Müller‚ Cornelia Schwald‚ Laura Walder Abstract: Does English act as a Killer-Language or not? The fact that English has gained the status of a world language goes back to British colonialism. English was imposed on the indigenous populace in order to strengthen the power of the colonists. As the example of Papua New Guinea shows‚ this can have serious consequences for people’s
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to wear away at the foundations of the English language. The impact of these rogue Englishes can be clearly seen in the language today‚ and some linguists even feel that American English is threatened by these countless variations. I disagree with this view of Standard American English as an “endangered” language‚ as a language somehow at risk of disappearing. Language plays far too large a role in power and perception‚ so much so that Standard American English will never truly face extinction.
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English as a World Language. The global spread of English over the last 50 years is remarkable. It is unprecedented in several ways: by the increasing number of users of the language‚ by its depth of permeation ["pE:mI’eISn] into societies and its range of functions. There is a model consisting of 3 circles proposed by B.B. Kachru in 1982 in order to describe regional varieties of English. The 1st or inner circle includes people who speak English as their vernacular language (200-400 mln speakers)
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in a country where English is the number one language and being raised by Mexican parents where Spanish is the only language used isn’t an easy task growing up. I would speak one language with my friends but a different one with my parents; I sometimes ask myself how the heck did I graduate high school? As a kid I confused words and sometimes my friends or family would look at me with confusion‚ only to find out that I was speaking “Spanglish” (a combination of Spanish and English). The hardest moment
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English as a lingua franca I am going to tell you something about English as a lingua franca. I will be talking about 3 different subjects concerning English as a lingua franca and a lingua franca in common. First of all I will tell you something about the purpose of a lingua franca‚ or in other words; What is a lingua franca. Secondly I will give some reasons why a lingua franca should be or might be introduced. Then last but not least I will mention some of the problem which might occur when you’re
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“Politics and the English language” George Orwell General questions 1. This piece is written basically just to criticize bad writing and also to criticize the downgrade of the English language. In the essay Orwell argues that “our language is probably curable”. The main point is just to show examples of how the language has deteriorated and also to give some pointers on how it can be fixed. 2. Throughout the essay the author’s tone is that of aggravation because the entire piece
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The development of English words English belong to the indo-European family. The vocabulary of English is composed of two main elements‚ the native element and the foreign element. The native element is conventionally used to denote words of Anglo-Saxon origin. Before about 450A.D.there were no words in Britain .The 70% of the English vocabularies consist of loan words and only 30% of the words are native. Our study of the English vocabulary must obviously begin with the native element
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Sanjeeb Thakali. Subject name & code: Mathematics for IT (BT 0063) Roll no.: 1308014090 Q.1 In a group of 50 people‚ 35 speak Hindi‚ 25 speak both English and Hindi and all the people speak at least one of the two languages. How many people only speak English and not Hindi? How many people speak English? Solution: Here‚ Let people speaking English language be ‘’E’’ and people speaking Hindi language be “H” respectively. E
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IMPORTANCE OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE English is the International Language and is one of the most popular and most spoken in the technology world. We need to know the English language in order to study any science subject or any computer language. We need to know English to communicate effectively to many developed countries. English is very much important in our life...it is necessary in each and every field. If we know English we never feel a tongue tide in front of others. It’s a widely spoken language
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