ENGLISH AS A GLOBAL LANGUAGE - THREAT TO SMALL LANGUAGES Slađana Butković University of Applied Sciences ˝Nikola Tesla˝ Gospić‚ Croatia Katica Balenović‚ Faculty of Teacher Education in Rijeka‚ Croatia Vesna Grahovac-Pražić‚ Faculty of Teacher Education in Rijeka‚ Croatia ENGLISH AS A GLOBAL LANGUAGE THREAT TO SMALL LANGUAGES English becomes a global language of communication perception of English - a language of cultural prestige the promotion of monolingualism and monolingual mentality is
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English as an analytic or synthetic language Old English is frequently presented as a synthetic language‚ a language in which grammatical function of clause elements is primarily derived from inflections rather than from word order and prepositions‚ while Present Day English is said to be the opposite‚ and analytic language‚ A.C. Baugh writes that “Modern English in an analytic‚ Old English a synthetic language.” Similarly‚ Dan McIntyre writes that “The main difference between Old English and
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English grammar has minimal inflection compared with most other Indo-European languages. For example‚ Modern English‚ unlike Modern German or Dutch and the Romance languages‚ lacks grammatical gender and adjectival agreement. Case marking has almost disappeared from the language and mainly survives in pronouns. The patterning of strong (e.g. speak/spoke/spoken) versus weak verbs (e.g. love/loved or kick/kicked) inherited from its Germanic origins has declined in importance in modern English‚ and
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English is a universally accepted language. A man who doesn’t know to speak n English is likely to be put alone in the Sahara desert as he is that useless in this period. There are so many advantages for you if you try to speak or communicate in English‚ they are : 1) Rewarding job Our dream is to get a good job which is accepted by the society. To get such a job‚ there are a series of interviews which you should face. Our fluency and skill in English speaking is the main criteria which the
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the world’s history. Not all of these cases have been successful. After 1066‚ the Franco-Normans attempted to make French‚ or rather the Norman dialect of French‚ the national language. After 300 years‚ they eventually gave up trying and learned English. The Hungarians resisted centuries of attempts by Ottoman Turks and later Habsburg Austrians to make Hungarian illegal. Immigration is a large cause of linguistic imperialism. This is most often seen as the act of an invading or migrating people
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Doctoral Dissertation Proposal English Education at the College Level in Korea & Nepal By Yam Bahadur Khatri Academic Ph.D. Dissertation Programme Division Department of the English Education & Literature of Liberal Arts Sejong University‚ Seoul‚ South Korea March 2014 APPENDIX B QUESTIONNAIRE FOR TEACHERS Dear Sir/Madam This questionnaire is a part of my research study entitled "English Education at the College Level in Korea‚ & Nepal" under the supervision of
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Formal ESL (English-as-a-second-language) classes are available at many colleges and universities to help non-native speakers improve their command of English. These programs provide a variety of courses such as grammar‚ vocabulary‚ pronunciation‚ writing‚ and conversation at a variety of levels such as beginning‚ intermediate‚ and advanced. Some also offer “English for special purposes” classes‚ which focus on English as used in specific subject-matter areas such as business‚ science or engineering
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reasons to learn English and the advantages that come from speaking English when you travel are many‚ varied and valuable. In so many parts of the world‚ English is the ‘international language’ — although it may not be the language that is native to‚ or most commonly spoken in a particular country‚ English is most often the language that travellers share and local people use when communicating with visitors. Here we take a look at six of the greatest advantages of speaking English when you travel:
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English Law (Common law) Common Law is a major part of many States‚ especially Commonwealth countries. The common law is based on the principle of deciding cases by reference to previous judicial decisions‚ rather than to written statutes drafted by legislative bodies. The decisions came from English Common Law courts and are essential case law made by English judges. It is based on tradition‚ past practices and legal precedents set by courts through interpretation of statues‚ legal legislation
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racie Allen of the comedy team of Burns and Allen was once asked how one should speak French. She replied‚ "Well‚ you speak it the same way you speak English; you just use different words." When trying to assist in instructing English language learners‚ they usually have many concepts and language abilities that they need to master‚ as do the teachers that are trying to teach them. With the incorporation of the concepts and approaches to identify and assess the issues and concerns that we have learned
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