English‚ which is spoken by 1.9 billon of the world’s population as their first language (Redman‚ 2004)‚ has been spreading rapidly in the world since the British Industrial Revolution and colonialism in many continents such as Asia‚ Africa and North America during the 18th century (Lavot‚ 2000). As the influence of English is increasing‚ some linguists think that it is a natural process of successful international communication. However‚ many other languages are also dying out at an accelerating
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There are lots of languages in the world and some of them fall into the category of international languages or languages of wider communication‚ such as French‚ English‚ German‚ Spanish‚ Russian‚ Italian and Arabic. All these languages are the official languages of the United Nations. Among all these languages English is rightly considered to be the international language of the world‚ though English has assumed the function of the ‘world language’ quite recently. It was only in the 1930 that the
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ENGLISH AS A GLOBAL LANGUAGE: ITS HISTORICAL PAST AND ITS FUTURE Zuliati Rohmah Abstract: This paper discusses English as a global language. The description of its history is offered to enable us to detect the underlying motivation of spreading English world-wide. How English plays a role on the death of other languages is presented to make us aware of preserving our own language‚ while making use of English. The future of English is predicted to give us a direction to our activities in relation
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How can both parties improve their communication skills? Health care providers help their patients to have a healthy and long life with the care and attention that they provide. However‚ both parties have to cooperate in order to improve their communication skills in order to have better medical results. It is undeniable that doctors often just don’t make sense. They use complex vocabulary and they don’t seem to pay attention to what a patient is communicating. One of the ways that doctors can
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teacher and the child. Rationale: This study was done to examine the extent to which storytelling can improve communication skills in a four year old child. The idea of storytelling was chosen as it presents characters and roles whereby the child will be able to experience various social interaction and practices that can be suitable in promoting the development of communication and language. Many research
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by : enisa cahya . chamilanisty@yahoo.com Using Fun Activities to Improve speaking skill for senior high school learners There are many definition of speaking. Speaking is one of the skills that have to be mastered by students in learning English. It is important for students to known definition first. Many experts define speaking in different ways. Brown and Yule (1989) stated in their book. The speakers say words to the listener not only to express what in her mind but also to express what
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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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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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How The Maritime English Helps My Career In Shipping Industry? Assalamualaikum and good evening to my loyal followers and friends‚ now I would like to spend my time in a little bit of my holidays for assignment in Maritime English(MM2513) that was lectured my Sir Shamsul Rizal. Here I want talking about “how Maritime English subject can help my career in shipping industry”‚ but before that let me explain what is actually Maritime English. Maritime English is the English language that is necessary
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English language and It’s role to Economic Prosperity English is known as the universal language. Almost all countries considered English language as the most influential language in the world. It is widely used in all areas and in all aspects. English is the national language of the United States of America which is considered as the most powerful country. In consider to this‚ people strive hard to speak and write using English language. For example: In a beauty pageant‚ some contestants prefer
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