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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INTRODUCTION By the end of the 19th century Europe had colonized Africa. The Europeans had many reason for why they wanted to colonize Africa. They were generally all political and economic reasons. It was easy for Europeans to colonize and take over Africa because slave trade had made the Europeans believe that Africans were inferior to them. This was in fact the justification for the Europeans to have such an imperialistic way of thinking. Between the 1870s and 1900‚ Africa faced European
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Abstract This study investigates the sound symbolic effects of brand names (“Glabimi” vs. “Glavifi”) and product package shape (round vs. angular) on consumers’ perceived product trust judgment. The product category used for this experiment was hair loss shampoo. 101 English-Mandarin bilinguals aged 18-27 participated in this study. An experiment with two separate segments was conducted: the first segment explored the possibility of consumers making trust judgments solely from visual exposure to
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African Sleeping Sickness Human African Trypanosomiasis‚ known as sleeping sickness‚ is a vector-borne parasitic disease. Trypanosoma which are the parasites are protozoa transmitted to humans by tsetse flies. Tsetse flies live in Africa‚ and they are found in vegetation by rivers and lakes‚ gallery-forests and vast stretches of wooded savannah. Sleeping sickness occurs only in sub-Saharan Africa‚ in regions where tsetse flies are endemic. There are many regions where tsetse flies are found‚ but
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The Extent of the Legislative Powers and Enforcement Jurisdiction of Coastal States over foreign vessels in its contiguous zone Introduction The practice of exercising control over areas of the high seas contiguous to the territorial seas dates back to more than 200 years. This zone of sea found contiguous and seaward of the territorial sea is known as the contiguous zone. This zone is a buffer area where coastal states practiced limited enforcement powers over foreign vessels found ‘hovering’
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The San people of the Kalahari Desert were ‘discovered’ by the outside world in the 1950s. The San are one of the oldest indigenous populations on earth. They have been around for 20‚ 000 years or more‚ with a history of living in small family bands. They were a people that never cared about riches or personal possessions as everything was shared among their people. Their populations survived through hunting and gathering in the desert and semi-desert environment of the Kalahari. Things have changed
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in Italy. They also displayed their products at a number of exhibitions that focused on the target markets‚ sent mailing and email campaigns‚ and set up a Web page. Megahertz International expanded quickly. By 2000‚ they had sold products to Namibia‚ Oman‚ Romania‚ Russia‚ Nigeria‚ Poland‚ South Africa‚ Iceland‚ and Ethiopia. There were seventy-five employees working on the international business and generating ten million pounds a year. They even earned the Small Business Export Award from
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Ethnic Cultural Diversity Emily Aboosamra CLS 100 Mrs. Daniels December 14th‚ 2012 Throughout my weeks of researching Ethnic Cultural Diversity‚ i’ve found that trying to define the words ethnicity and culture aren’t in any way easy‚ but are significantly easier that trying to define the word diversity. When I began this project‚ in my CLS 100 class a few weeks prior to now‚ I hadn’t really gone into depth on the topic of diversity in any way‚ shape‚ or form. When I say “...in any
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A brief overview at Mr. Price Group as a whole. The Group is a retail business consisting of the Apparel (Mr. Price Apparel‚ Mr. Price Sport & Milady’s) and the Home Chains (Mr. Price Home & Sheet Street). Its operations are in Botswana‚ Namibia‚ Lesotho and Swaziland. The entity celebrated its 25th year anniversary in 2011 since it started in 1985. The Apparel chain consists mainly of the entity has a well defined mission statement‚ “To add value to our customers live and worth to our partners
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Case Study: Shoprite Part of the FinMark Trust series of case studies on innovative microinsurance models and products in South Africa Authors: Anja Smith and Herman Smit Date: 16 July 2010 The Centre for Financial Regulation and Inclusion USB Bellville Park Campus‚ Carl Cronje Drive‚ Bellville‚ 7530‚ South Africa +27 21 918 4390 www.cenfri.org Table of Contents 1. 2. 3. Introduction .......................................................................................................
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