the hotel‚ the desk clerk will speak your language‚ as well‚ probably‚ as the bellhop. (His tip depends on being polygot.) Go to any internet café and the keyboard code that will get you best results is what you are reading now: English – the lingua franca of our time. . . . The spread of English is the product of naked linguistic superpower. Sutherland tells us that a favourite axiom among linguists is: ‘A language is a dialect with an army behind it.’ Follow the big armies (Roman‚ Norman‚ Chinese
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Parker honed their musical vision and technical command of their instruments‚ and in the process influenced virtually every Bebop musician with their mastery of improvisation. And their influence‚ and that of bebop‚ has been described as “…the lingua franca of
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it brings to client countries. SNC-Lavalin is one of the few companies that successfully combines multinationalism with multiculturalism. It adapts to the community in which it works by respecting the cultural values and operating in the lingua franca. SNC-Lavalin also studies its environment and ensures that it meets its client’s needs by respecting their views and being ahead of its emerging trends and technological
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APHG FRQs Question 1 Discuss the role relocation and expansion diffusion have played with respect to the geography of religion for the following regions: A) North America and Christianity. B) Asia and Buddhism. C) North Africa and Asia (Southwest‚ Central‚ South‚ and Southeast) and Islam The time of when the Roman Empire fell was when the religion of Christianity diffused outwards. In the remote places in which kept the religious ideas alive‚ like coastal Ireland and Scotland‚ it had spread throughout
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Management Journal‚ 18(3). Held‚D.‚ McGrew‚ A.‚ Goldblatt‚D(2002). Globalisation and Anti-globalisation‚ Polity Press. Held‚D.‚ McGrew‚ A.‚ Goldblatt‚D & Perraton‚ J(2003) Stephen Evans(2013). “Perspectives on the Use of English as a Business Lingua Franca in Hong Kong”‚ Journal of Business Communication. The Economist (2001) Urata(2002). “Globalization and the Growth in Free Trade Agreements.” Asia Pacific Review‚ Vol. 9‚ No. 1. 2002.
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TEACHING TECHNICAL ENGLISH AND GENERAL ENGLISH Introduction English today has become more than the Lingua Franca of the masses. It has become the lifeline. The call of the hour is for the academia to well-equip itself with the most competent language skills. Only then can suitable help be extended to the beneficiaries‚ the students. My paper will focus on the nature of General and Technical English today. It will also attempt to show how Technical English and General English can be made more student-centric
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as‚ Austro-Asiatic‚ the Indo- Aryans‚ Indo-Tibetans‚ Indo-Burmese‚ Mongolians‚ etc. have combined to make the great Assamese people of today. Assam‚ however‚ has remained practically a land of Tibeto- Burmese people. Assamiya or Assamese is the lingua franca of the state. Assam can be divided into three natural regions‚ namely the Brahmaputra valley‚ the Barak valley and the Hilly regions. These regions are quite distinct from one another with regard to the composition of people‚ manner of living
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The Art and Science of Competency Modeling: Best Practices in Developing and Implementing Success Profiles By J. Evelyn Orr‚ Craig Sneltjes‚ and Guangrong Dai • ompetency models C create a foundation for integrated talent management systems which are linked to increased shareholder value. Human capital has the potential to differentiate an organization • xtensive research E has identified the leadership competencies required for success – do not reinvent the wheel
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Disney Selection Criteria For every type of business to start‚ we first need to select the most suitable location for the business. A proper selection of the location will determine the fate of the business to success or fail. In our research for Disney we have chosen the location for Disney to expand to is Toronto‚ Canada. Land is very important. When Disney first came into the world at Anaheim‚ Walt Disney soon came to realise that it needs to have a big piece of land to get a Disneyland
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David Crystal said “English is the future.” He says that English will soon be the ‘lingua franca’ or common language. Many aspects contribute to the rise of English speakers around the world; they include the number of people who speak English and the visibility of those people through things such as media‚ tourism and business‚ the need for people around the world to be able to communicate in a common language and the common language that is spoken in politics. However‚ countries that do not speak
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