“IMPORTANCE OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE” CRISTINA MARTÍNEZ SIERRA DECEMBER 03/2012 INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION “English is critical for countries’ successful participation in the global economy‚ that it provides individuals with access to crucial knowledge‚ skills and employment opportunities and enables organisations to create and sustain international links.” (Council‚ 2011) Recently I was in a well-known hotel for a conference
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goal of language teaching is to become as close as possible to the native speaker Narva‚ 2012 The topic of my essay is The goal of language teaching is to become as close as possible to the native speaker. I don’t however completely agree with this statement. There is hardly only one set goal for language teaching. The goals can be as follows: to understand and appreciate different countries‚ to learn about the basic structures of language‚ and how
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Language and Literacy in a Multilingual Context In this essay we will investigate underlying issues of discrimination‚ human rights‚ inclusion and difference. The essay also considers the role of the early year’s practitioners in planning and resourcing for teaching in a multilingual setting. In order to evaluate and reflect on my settings approach to multilingualism and the generally ethos of the school‚ I will be referring to the pictures in the essay’s appendix consisting of display pictures
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(L2). Introduction Learning a foreign language is a life-time procedure which requires years of constant practice. It is by no means a straightforward process which can be mastered quickly‚ because there are always new areas‚ aspects‚ and registers for the learner to master. Communicating with speakers of other languages is a complex behaviour that requires both linguistic and pragmatic competence. Whether we speak in a first or second language‚ we are influenced by sociocultural norms and
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Assessing the English Language Learner (ELL) The Growth of ELL (ESL) The number of human beings who speak a language other than English continues to increase in the United States‚ Canada‚ and Australia‚ for example‚ as the number of immigrants grows. In 2006‚ 34.70% of the population of Los Angeles‚ California‚ was foreign born; 25.50% of Miami‚ Florida; 39.60% of Vancouver‚ British Columbia; 45.70% of Toronto‚ Ontario; 28.90% of Melbourne‚ Australia; and 31.70% of Sydney‚ Australia (Statistics
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as their native language and some othe ras a second language and specially some learn english to connect or communicater with other people. So many people says it si an global language But It is not the worlds’ 1st highest spoken language.Its only 2nd highest spoken language. Now a question raises for me i think for others too “how can english language be the Global language ???” there raises the problem Any way i have find somwe points to clarify English as a gobal language So we will just
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He calls this linguistic imperialism‚ a cultural correlate of political imperialism. In this case the dominating language is imposed on a people and on the indigenous languages and consequently the dominated language begins to experience functional loss and eventually shrink structurally. Phillipson’s main argument here is that the monolingual language policies favoring European languages are not accidental; they are part of the grand scheme by the former colonial powers to keep control of the territories
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JUSTIFICATION FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNING KUMAR KISHOR BORAH FLASH BACK:- Of all the languages in the world today‚ English deserved to be regarded as a world language. It is the world’s most widely spoken language. It is the common means of communication between
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experience got me thinking of what an important role the English language plays in the business world. The English language has experienced a huge expansion over time. During Shakespeare‚ English was the native language of only a few million people in the world‚ and it started expanding to the point where today there are around 600 million people that have it as their mother tongue and a similar number of people use it as a second language. Developments such as the automobile‚ airplane‚ radio‚ television
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www.IrPDF.com How to Learn Any Language Quickly‚ Easily‚ Inexpensively‚ Enjoyably and On Your Own by Barry Farber Founder of the Language Club/Nationally Syndicated Talk Show Host www.IrPDF.com To Bibi and Celia‚ for the pleasure of helping teach them their first language‚ followed by the pleasure of having them then teach me their second! www.IrPDF.com Contents Acknowledgements Introduction Part I: My Story A Life of Language Learning Part II: The System Do As I Now Say‚ Not
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