The shape of things to come? Some basic questions about English as a lingua franca Introduction: ’English ’ as a global lingua franca ’English ’‚ whatever may be meant by this designation‚ is the language in which most lingua franca communication worldwide is now taking place. This predominance is well documented (cf. e.g. Crystal 1997‚ Graddol 1997). Although‚ as these authors argue‚ this predominance may well turn out to be a temporary one‚ maybe for approximately the next 50 years‚ for
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Five Things I Like MOST by:Kimberly C. Essay No.4 2013.5.22 I like lots of things. But there are the special ones that I like most. First‚ I totally LOVE music. It’s like--part of my life. I play three instruments and I aspire to be a singer when I grow up. Because I want to let people discover different types of music. Secondly‚ I also LOVE 24 festival drums. It’s a culture of Malaysia and I’ve played it for the fourth year. 24 festival drums got this name based by the 24 festivals
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School: The Things I Like and Dislike School is a place I have to go to five days a week‚ except on Saturdays and Sundays and the holidays of course. I spend a lot of time in school. Thus I cannot help liking some aspects and disliking other aspects of it. Why not mention a few things everyone can easily agree on liking and ways to improve on the things we are disliking. I like recess most of all‚ though now‚ it’s mostly referred to as ‘break-time’ or ‘in-between classes’. This is
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relationships can be viewed as the most significant factor influencing an individual’s sense of acceptance within their surrounding environment and ultimately will determine the level of affiliation they can acquire personally. The comedic play “As You Like It” composed by William Shakespeare (16th Century)‚ examines the idea of belonging to people and its significant influence over an individual. Similarly‚ Ang Lee’s film “Sense and Sensibility” (1997)‚ correspondingly explores the perception of belonging
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Taming of the Shrew and 10 things I hate about you Taming of the Shrew is a famous play written by William Shakespeare. In the modern day version‚ 10 things I hate about you‚ Gil Junger explores the relationship between men and women. Junger has taken Shakespeare’s ideas of favouritism‚ how looks can be deceptive and a person’s basis for a relationship and has put them into an up to date teenage friendly format. The relationship between fathers and daughters is often quite difficult. In Taming
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Succeed in Life Life is all about learning new things. All great men have been successful. They are remembered for their spectacular achievements. But it is certain that success comes to those who are sincere‚ hardworking‚ dedicated and committed to their goals. Success has been man’s greatest stimulus. It is very important for all. Success has great effect on life. It brings pleasure and pride. It gives a sense of fulfillment. It means all around development. Everybody aspires to be successful
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complained about their lack of elected representation in the British Parliament. They expected Britain to hear their cries and fix the problems but instead they quickly saw that their cries were falling on deaf ears. In light of these events a committee was set up in Massachusetts to publicize colonial complaints against the British and within a short period of time other colonies established similar organizations to spread the spirit of opposition and to exchange information and ideas about the latest
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states that as people get into later adulthood they could experience stages of loneliness and become withdrawn from society‚ for example friends and family. This theory suggests that this process is a natural part of growing old. One part of the theory states that people expect or know that they are going to die one day and because people experience physical and mental decline as they approach death‚ it is normal to withdraw from individuals and society. The second point is that as the elderly withdraw
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16 things every international students should know about Darden The Darden School of Business‚ of the University of Virginia‚ was founded in 1955 and is named for Colgate Whitehead Darden‚ Jr. (1897-1981)‚ former Governor of Virginia‚ former Democratic Congressman‚ and the third President of the university. Darden was a champion of public education and recognized the importance of developing the education system. He successfully led a campaign to establish a graduate business school in southern US
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What Life Would Be Like If I woke up one day and I was in the early 1930’s living with 2 kids‚ a slave and a single father that was a lawyer‚ I think that it would not take me long to realize that the household would be hectic. During this era the great depression was happening which is not good for a single father. Even though he is a lawyer it would still be hard to make enough money during the great depression to feed 2 kids and a slave. Even though slaves don’t usually get fed much or fed as
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