No one denies the importance of English language in the present time as global language. It is clear that the English language has become more dominant around the world. In some countries it use as the mother tongue and‚ other countries learn it as second language in their schools. This is making English widespread. In addition‚ many reasons which contributed to rising of English spreading. For example‚ use it for communication between people around the world‚ as well as‚ it is language of modern
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Disadvantages of using the mother tongue However‚ it is just this kind of tendency that could lead to the development of an excessive dependency on the students’ mother tongue (Harbord‚ 1992) by both teachers and students. Consequently‚ students lose confidence in their ability to communicate in English: They may feel that the only way they would understand anything the teacher says is when it has been translated‚ or they use their mother tongue even when they are perfectly capable of expressing
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The world during all its History has made use of certain languages as a mean of communication between people of all countries and cultures. Living nowadays in a world were information travels almost at the speed of light‚ everybody is directly affected by occurrences all around the globe‚ therefore there is a great need of a language to serve as link between the nations. Just like Latin was the language meant to gather people as the Roman Empire went on its row of conquests all over Europe and later
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Language is a great power which forms a huge part of people culture and identity‚ it’s also enabling them to express themselves and keep their history. In colonized regions the issue of colonial and native language became the subject of discussion between critics. In relation Chinua Achebe "The African writer and the English Language" and Ngugi Wa Thiong’o "The Language of the African Literature" essays; I will discuss what do these two writers have in common and in what way they are different.
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In the articles‚ “Mother Tongue” by Amy Tan and “Rhythm of the Caribbean: Connecting Oral History and Literacy" by Glasceta Honeyghan‚ the authors discuss different types of language styles that they grew up with. The authors discuss their difficulties and what was enjoyable to them. The articles remind us that working hard on what you enjoy will be worth it one day. In the article‚ “Mother Tongue” by Amy Tan‚ Tan describes what it was like growing up in an immigrant family in the United
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Our identity is our wardrobe‚ the outfits we wear to express how we feel and who we are. Though‚ some people may have similar outfits‚ we all pertain to a style that represents us‚ that makes us unique as individuals. On top of that‚ we carry things along with us that stay‚ experience‚ wisdom and knowledge. In the many pieces that we have read‚ culture reveals how the author was brought up and how it affected them and limitations to that. Starting off with Amy Tan’s Mother Tongue‚ culture has its
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Advanced 09 Name: Jorge Luis Chávez Barboza. My Experience Before and After Learning English English is a very important language. Nowadays‚ it is recognized as a universal language. Opportunities to travel around the world‚ to know about other cultures or to get a scholarship to study abroad are some of the advantages of learning English. At first‚ learning English was difficult to me in high school‚ but when I began to understand it through ICPNA‚ I realized English is easy if I relate what
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What is the future of English as a global language? The world is changing so rapidly‚ from national politics to people’s livelihood. Definitely‚ language is one of the most important characteristic among there. English‚ which is considered as the world language at present‚ facing with sophisticated problems. Actually‚ the situation could persist on till the future. In my view‚ the future of English as a global language may be as the concave and convex sides of a nutshell‚ it is hard to foresee that
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disadvantage: it would be if it were moved or half illiterate. And the reasons to say so. The aim of this paper is‚ then‚ to see these reasons and educate youth and their families from the enormous importance of acquiring the language. First‚ it is the tool that allows communication with people from other countries in the globalized world in which we live. It is indisputable: English has become the global language of communication par excellence‚ one of the most popular in the world. Is an official
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Research Question: How has the language being lost affected the lives of different people? Summative piece: In this unit I have chose to do my research project on the loss of language. I am interested in this because this is happening everywhere around the world. There are already a few languages that have been extinct and some of them we never knew about. This is an issue that is happening around the world with different languages. Issue1 Every 2 weeks there is one language that is lost. In
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