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 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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“IMPORTANCE OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE” CRISTINA MARTÍNEZ SIERRA DECEMBER 03/2012 INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION “English is critical for countries’ successful participation in the global economy‚ that it provides individuals with access to crucial knowledge‚ skills and employment opportunities and enables organisations to create and sustain international links.” (Council‚ 2011) Recently I was in a well-known hotel for a conference
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the languages in the world‚ English is considered as the international language and in recent years‚ English is more and more popular in the world. this language is learned and studied by a higher number of people with every passing day because of its two importance in this modern world: a mean to communicate and to create a greater opportunity for a job. Saudi Arabia is a developing country and everyone has to learn English because today everything seems to be English. When we consider education
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English as a Lingua Franca. Who owns English today? Pavlína Bílá Semester: 1 Academic Year: 2013 The role of English language has already achieved not only the position as a native language‚ but it has also gained the status of global lingua franca and its power is growing day by day. With today globalized world‚ modern internet era‚ huge expansion of tourism and international trade in all over the world‚ it has appeared the need for common language which can be used
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The role of English in Engineering For non-native English users‚ English is very important because it is widely spoken all around the world. Knowing English allows people to enjoy their life and work no matter where they are. For engineering students whose mother tongue is not English‚ mastering English is even more important‚ not only for their academic life but also for their prospective career. In order to master the engineering knowledge and skills better‚ engineering students should own
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Reading has many advantages. It gives us pleasure‚ increases our knowledge and sharpens our intellect. In the words of Francis Bacon‚ “Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man and writing an exact man.” By reading‚ one becomes a complete man. One develops a comprehensive personality. One acquires knowledge and wisdom. Books widen our outlook on men and matters. By reading good books‚ we acquire noble habits. Reading is a source of great pleasure. It gives us a sense of satisfaction. It
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different things). 1. START YOUR OWN ENGLISH LANGUAGE BLOG. Even for people who don’t have to write in English‚ writing can be a great way of properly learning the kind of vocabulary you need to describe your own life and interests‚ and of thinking about how to stop making grammar mistakes. The problem most people have is that they don’t know what to write about. One traditional way to make sure you write every day in English is to write an English diary (journal)‚ and a more up to date way
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government schools start learning English in the sixth grade and it is not concentrated learning because of the limitation of the classes and the books is not well developed. English is an international language that most people are using it. The well developed countries such as United States of America‚ Britain‚ Canada and Australia speak English as their first language." Over 300 million people speak English as their first language. Estimates about second speakers of English vary greatly between 150 million
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German and English Linguistic Differences The English language and German language are two of the most popular languages spoken across the globe. English is the 3rd most popular language in the entire world with roughly 365 million speakers. German has a total of 92 million native speakers‚ with about another 80 million that know German as their second language. There are 88 sovereign states in total where English is considered an official language including India‚ United Kingdom‚ Pakistan‚ and
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