English as a Common Ground Shaun Porraz ENG 122 Rozlyn Truss-Linder September 12‚ 2012 English as a Common Ground English as a common ground is so that Americans can understand what is being spoken to each other. Americans should be able to communicate and read any material out in this country without wondering what is being said. Foreigners or non-English speaking citizens are increasingly becoming more segregated‚ creating poverty- stricken areas. The creation of
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Introduction Because English is so widely spoken‚ it has often been referred to as a "world language"‚ the lingua franca of the modern era‚ and while it is not an official language in most countries‚ it is currently the language most often taught as a foreign language. The history of the English language really started with the arrival of three Germanic tribes who invaded Britain during the 5th century AD. These tribes‚ the Angles‚ the Saxons and the Jutes‚ crossed the North Sea from what today
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English as a Global Language English was first spoken in Medieval England‚ what we now know as England‚ by the Angles and the Saxons. At the end of the 16th century there was about 5-7 million people who talked English in England. English is now the language that is most widely used in the whole wide world. Except the United Kingdom‚ the United States‚ Canada‚ Ireland‚ Australia and New Zealand‚ there are a lot of Caribbean nations who use English as a first language too. I will show how and where
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Reading has many advantages. It gives us pleasure‚ increases our knowledge and sharpens our intellect. In the words of Francis Bacon‚ “Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man and writing an exact man.” By reading‚ one becomes a complete man. One develops a comprehensive personality. One acquires knowledge and wisdom. Books widen our outlook on men and matters. By reading good books‚ we acquire noble habits. Reading is a source of great pleasure. It gives us a sense of satisfaction. It
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the following categories: Thinking‚ Communication‚ and Application. 1. Make a mobile of five objects important in at least two short stories. Explain their significance to understanding themes and characters.(75 words each) 2. Write a spoken word poem from the perspective of ONE character in ONE short story. Your poem must reveal your character’s motivations and reactions. Perform. (about 2 minutes) 3. Write an objective news article covering the events of one of the stories (250
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Contents Introduction Globalisation defined Main body - Globosity of the English language - Why it is so widespread - Advantages and disadvantages Conclusion The future of the English language Bibliography Introduction Every day people are surrounded by this term‚ when they hear it on the news‚ read it in the papers or talk about it themselves. "Globalisation" is a term which may be defined in different ways. According to the website www.globalization.com "the political and economical
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In “For Mataji”‚ there are 2 different settings. One of the settings is the school she went to‚ and the apartment she lived in as a child. These two places were told in the story as memories. The other setting was more –so the present day. She talks about how her grandmother was currently in the hospital dying‚ while she recounts old memories of her grandmother waiting for her at school when she was little. There is a feeling of nostalgia recounting the old memories of her grandmother‚ she remembers
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the world and some of them fall into the category of international languages or languages of wider communication‚ such as French‚ English‚ German‚ Spanish‚ Russian‚ Italian and Arabic. All these languages are the official languages of the United Nations. Among all these languages English is rightly considered to be the international language of the world‚ though English has assumed the function of the ‘world language’ quite recently. It was only in the 1930 that the British Foreign Office stopped
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benefits of learning SBLE1042‚ English For Communication II. The aim of the paper is to identify the advantages of learning English. As an international language‚ English is an essential tool of communication in the pursuit of knowledge. In this global era of the information and technology‚ a good command of the English language is a definite asset. Hence the frequent clarion call of the government to learn the language could not be further underscored. INTRODUCTION English is an international language
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English as an international language Of the 4‚000 to 5‚000 living languages‚ English is by far the most widely used. As a mother tongue‚ it ranks second only to Chinese‚ which is effectively six mutually unintelligible dialects little used outside China. On the other hand the 300 million native speakers of English are to be found in every continent‚ and an equally widely distributed body of second language speakers‚ who use English for their day-to-day needs‚ totals over 250 million. Finally‚ if
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