The Rise of English The rise of English as an international language has always been a debatable issue. Its critics condemn the global dominance of English as a form of linguistic imperialism‚ in which hegemonic powers like Great Britain and the United States extend their influence and interests by promoting the teaching and learning of English (Phillipson‚ 1992). In contrast‚ others have observed that the ascension of English as an international language has been supported by individuals in various
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English and Communication Skills for the Global Engineer Central Idea: Engineering graduates require an ever-increasing range of skills to maintain relevance with the global environment of the new millennium. Communication skills are an vital component of this‚ recognized by academia and industry alike. English language skills are also important given its widespread status across the globe as a lingua franca. Indeed‚ multilingual skills are considered a salient element in the make-up of the new
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| Perspectives in the Implementation of the Enhanced K-12 Basic Education Program in the Philippines | Issue: K-12 Basic Education Program | | PAOLO BAKAMO | | The K to 12 Program covers kindergarten and 12 years of basic education (six years of primary education‚ four years of junior high school‚ and two years of senior high school [SHS]) to provide sufficient time for mastery of concepts and skills‚ develop lifelong learners‚ and prepare graduates for tertiary education‚ middle-level
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Throughout American history‚ western ways have always led to prosperity and constant influence of leadership to the global world. It is not surprising that English is the universal language according to popular belief‚ and often times non native english speakers are therefore seen as ‘disadvantaged’ especially in the US. Fundamental truth states that cultures define themselves through languages and gives one the ability to communicate and exchange views. If so‚ do native speakers close themselves
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Polysemous Forms‚ Antonyms‚ Synonyms‚ Homographs‚ and how they affect speech performance in Tiv language. Introduction: Semantics play an important role in any given language‚ by assisting in the description of meaning in human language. Speech situations are laden with ambiguities‚ which occur either as antonyms‚ synonyms‚ homographs or polysemy. According to Varshney (1973:273) “polysemies are words with several‚ often quite different meaning‚ all derived from the basic idea or concept”
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This page intentionally left blank Introducing Second Language Acquisition Written for students encountering the topic for the first time‚ this is a clear and practical introduction to Second Language Acquisition (SLA). It explains in nontechnical language how a second language is acquired; what the second language learner needs to know; and why some learners are more successful than others. The textbook introduces in a step-by-step fashion a range of fundamental concepts – such as SLA in adults
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Außenpolitik. Die Praxis der Bundesrepublik Deutschland. In H.P. Kelz (ed.)‚ Die sprachliche Zukunft Europas. StADaF (Ständige Arbeitsgruppe Deutsch als Fremdsprache) (2005–2006) Deutsch als Fremdsprache weltweit: Datenerhebung 2005 van Els‚ T. (2005) Multilingualism in the European Union. International Journal of Applied Linguistics 15.3: 263 – 81. van Parijs‚ P. (2002) Linguistic justice. Politics‚ philosophy and economics 1.1: 59–74. Weinreich‚ U. (1963 [1953]) Languages in contact. Findings and problems
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#The cognitive process of learning language is complex. A main part of learning spoken and written language is something called phonological awareness (Chen‚ 2004) (Chiappe‚ 2007) which describes the individual ’s cognition of the fact that words are made up of multiple sound units. Another large part of language learning is orthographic awareness the understanding of language based on its written construction (Liow‚ 2006). This applies to both spelling and syntax. There is debate over whether
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Abstract: This chapter deals with the German-speaking Community in Belgium that consists of around 72.000. Having belonged to Germany for several years‚ the Community is attached to Belgium after the Second World War in 1945. In 1983‚ the Community is officially acknowledged as the German-speaking Community. Nowadays‚ the German-speaking Community consists of the nine municipalities Kelmis‚ Lontzen‚ Raeren‚ Eupen‚ Bütgenbach‚ Büllingen‚ Amel‚ Sankt Vith and Burg-Reuland. Being situated in the French-speaking
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It is typical‚ for example‚ for anxieties about cultural difference and fragmentation to be paralleled by anxieties about multilingualism as a threat to unity. So-called ‘politically correct’ language may not be as overt a threat to the project of cultural unity as the existence of militant minority language groups‚ but the idea that there is some analogy is not without foundation
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