How is it that English has become such a dominant world language? It is estimated that in the world today about two billion people have some working knowledge of English‚ and the language is spreading rapidly. It is safe to say that English has become the global language. Colonization under the British Empire in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries spread the English language around the world. English became the main language in many of these countries‚ for example Canada (where French was
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The English Language‚ a Sine Qua Non for Nation Building By Nneka Umera-Okeke (Mrs) Department of English Language and Literature Nwafor Orizu College of Education‚ Nsugbe P.M. B. 1734‚ Onitsha Anambra State‚ Nigeria E-mail: nne.supreme@yahoo.com A Paper Presented to the Students of the English Language and Literary Studies Department ‚ Nwafor Orizu College of Education‚ Nsugbe during their 2010 NASELS Annual Festival held in Hall A this 28 Day of July‚ 2010 Abstract Studying
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All About the Law – English Language Learners Jennifer L Givens Grand Canyon University: ESL-523N May 22‚ 2013 It’s All About the Law – English Language Learners Are English language learners a new population? Researchers would like us to believe so but the reality is that they are actually a complex group of students‚ full of diversity in their educational needs‚ backgrounds‚ languages‚ and goals‚ who have been coming to the United States for years. An English language learner is a person
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In his essay “Politics and the English Language”‚ George Orwell argues that the English language is in dire need of change. To defend this stance‚ Orwell uses Logos as his writing style. Along with using facts and historical events to defend his claim‚ Orwell also structures his paper following the Toulmin Method. By using this method‚ Orwell can defend his claim while still refuting opposing arguements. Orwell began his paper with a clear introduction which made his view clear. As done in the
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English as an Additional Language (EAL) refers to pupils who speak another language at home and that this other language is their most prominent language‚ in other words their mother tongue is not English. Children with EAL should not be confused with children who are bi-lingual or children who grew up or spent time in another country but still had English as a first language. The educational system in the United Kingdom has always had to cope with the difficulties and challenges that arise in the
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an Official Language‚ Unity in the Nation or a Threat to Individual Liberty Dawn Mullins English Composition II Instructor Bargenquast October 15‚ 2012 Designating an Official Language‚ Unity in the Nation or a Threat to Individual Liberty? The debate on whether designating English as the official language will unify this nation or threaten individual liberty has been an issue that is discussed among the nations masses. The definition of an official language is one that
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How does the English language vary at individual‚ societal and international levels? English has become the first `truly global language` (McCrum et al.‚ 2002‚ p.9). As a result of advances in technology and transport‚ varieties of English have spread throughout the world. This internationalisation has been described by Shreeve as an `identified phenomenon` (1999‚ p.1). English now underpins the lives and cultures of a broad spectrum of people‚ with one in four people in the world now fluent
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Over time the English language has developed through three main stages; Old English‚ Middle English and Modern English. Old English is the earliest recorded stage of the English language and is very different to Modern English which we speak today. Native English speakers would find it very difficult trying to understand Old and Middle English. One of the main influences in the change of the English language is invasion. During the 5th century the Angles‚ the Saxons and the Jutes invaded Britain
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Micaela McCutcheon SIOP Lesson Plan EDU 321: Introduction to Serving English Language Learners Allison Castro February 28‚ 2011 Sheltered instruction is an approach to teaching English language learners by integrating language and content instruction by making mainstream grade level content such as science‚ social studies‚ and math more accessible (Echevarria & Graves‚ 2007‚ p 56). One of the main concepts of sheltered instruction is to center the lesson around the students‚ and provide
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world the spread of English has adversely affected language diversity and cultural identity. Agree‚ disagree or partly agree. This essay examines the impact the adoption of English as a common language has had on the languages and culture of the Aboriginal people of Australia. I will argue that factors other than the spread of English have adversely affected Australian Aboriginal (Aboriginal) language diversity and that Aboriginal cultural identity is not rooted solely in language. While some indigenous
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