Introduction and Overview of Topic: As the world becomes increasingly globalised‚ we observe a rising trend where individuals migrate for educational and economic opportunities. The prestige of being educated in a highly ranked university and the prospects of higher paying jobs are definitely important pull factors for both internal and international migration (Welch‚ 1970). When people move‚ they also transfer the use of their existing linguistic repertoire to their host country. However‚ what
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In our world of multicultural people we got used to hear different languages everyday‚ which brings up the questions if a country should be bilingual or have common language to unify. Charles Krauthammer essay “Let’s make it official” claims that we need a common language to be unified culture. A country is diverse in different culture but could be unified in language. It is necessary to understand what nationhood is‚ so that you the reader realize that a national language does not alter a nation
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Contrary to other empires that went through state consolidation‚ it is clear that India is quite the linguistic mosaic (Laitin‚ 415). Not only is there no single language for official exchange‚ but citizens of India have developed complex language repertoires in order to interact with servants‚ family‚ merchants‚ colleagues and officials. Language needs are so onerous that many parents with sufficient resources seek to equip their children with different repertoires in order to hedge their linguist bets
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! ! Personnel Policy Report ! Maastricht University School of Business and Economics Maastricht‚ 13.12.2012 Study: Job Performance and Employment Relationship Course Code: EBC2138 Tutor: Erik de Regt Group number: 3 Number of words: 7001 Gatien Claeys I6017389 Justyna Pocica I6056293 Sascha La Forgia I6058100 Agenda 1. Introduction………………………………………………………………………….………1 2. Human Capital…………………………………………………………………………...…..1 2.1. General and Specific Human Capital……………………………….…………...….2 2.2. Training………………………………………………………
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“Towards a Philippine Statistics System Responsive to Emerging National and Global Challenges” Ninety seven million people. . . . . Seven thousand one hundred seven islands. . . Around 1.8 million tons of rice imported. . . . . Three hundred thousand square kilometers land area. . . . . Six percent tax revenue . . . . . Thousands of homeless individuals . . . . . increasing unemployment rate . . . . . declining literacy rate. . . . . Overwhelming exodus of OFW’s. These are just
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to Crystal‚ (1987‚ cited in Pennycook‚ 1994‚ p.8) "English is used as an official or semi-official language in over 60 countries…it is the main language of books‚ newspapers‚ airports and air traffic control‚ international business and academic conferences‚ science‚ technology‚ medicine‚ sports‚ international competitions‚ pop music and advertising…". It is the working language of ASEAN‚ the Asian trade group‚ and the official language of the European Central Bank‚ even though none of the member countries
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English Should Be the Only Official Language in the U.S. Right after Qing Shi Huang‚ the First Emperor of Qin Dynasty‚ unified ancient China in 221 B.C‚ he promoted a series of revolutionary policies. One of them is “Shu Tong Wen”‚ meaning over the kingdom‚ all writing should be with the same characters. It was the first time that China has an “official language”. Before then‚ one Chinese character could be written in several versions and sound extremely different‚ which was a great hinder to production
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CONTENTS A. The overview of Languages in the United States……………………………………………………………. 2 B. Official language status…………………………………………………………………………………………………. 3 C. Immigrant languages…………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 6 D. American English and the development…………………………………………………………………………. 7 E. Regional Differences………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 8 F. American English vs. British English………………………………………………………………………………… 10 I- Pronunciation and Spelling………………………………………………………………………………
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language…” the theory of language planning may be described as a process which is systematic and is based on theory at the societal level. This process is conducted by official bodies and it is aimed at solving language problems‚ with the goal of increasing welfare for the population that is living under the jurisdiction of the official body (Grin in Webb 2002: 37). In addition‚ Mesthrie (2002: 420) describes language planning as a conscious and deliberate activity that is future oriented‚ encompassing
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Bazakhstan’s diversity and rich regional cultures should all be respected when this language proposal is implemented in the nation. This proposal has taken more care to respect the differences of the regional tribes‚ while still attempting to unify the nation. The national language that shall be designated in Bazakhstan shall be Bolgar. This designation as a national language was chosen because of the group’s powerful effort in the independence movement against the Russian Federation. Although
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