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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Discussion Summer 2009 IQ2 Debate: Global Warming Is Not a Crisis Before I sat down to listen to the debate‚ “Global Warming is Not a Crisis”‚ I was already interested in the idea of global warming. While many people have a hard time worrying about what might happen 100 years from now‚ I don’t. I considered what I already knew about global warming. I was somewhat familiar with the topics of: reducing greenhouse gases‚ moving the world away from fossil fuels‚ providing more breathable air‚ enhancing
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marriage Another argument against legalization for same sex marriage is that this will encourage for other type of marriage like polygamous marriage or incestuous marriage. Let’s me explain two type of marriage. Polygamous marriage is the custom of having more than one wife or husband at the same time. Incestuous marriage is marriage between member within family such as father and daughter‚ mother and son or even father and son or mother and daughter. They argue that if same-sex marriage is legalized
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Nowadays‚ English has become the most common language that people use the most. We cannot live without English now as most of the things such as internet‚ tourism‚ books and education are using English in order to show their international and make them connected to the world. Some online games such as Overwatch‚ Grand Theft Auto and Legend of League‚ are devolped first in English as this is the language which most of the people can read it. It is good to use English in those ways as we need a language
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benefits of English as a world language outweigh the dangers? Predictions are that English could become a future language for the world. It is widely spoken and taught around the world. By the late eighteen century; John Adams predicted that it would become the most respectable language in the world and most universally read and spoken in the coming centuries. (Burn & Coffin: 9). The evidence of this is emphasized by David Crystal in his second edition of his book - English as a global language. He states
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Emergence of English as a world language The need for a global link language Prof. Anil Sarwal[1] The primary means of communication among the peoples of the world is language. According to a well known linguist‚ Frank Palmer[1]‚ the difference between human beings and animals is poorly described by the label homo sapiens (man with wisdom). He questions what do we mean by wisdom? Anthropologists describe man as a tool maker‚ but even apes are known to be able to make primitive tools. In fact
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English - A language of global business With China’s growing economic might‚ is Mandarin becoming the preferred language of business? Not anytime soon‚ says a newly released study. Instead‚ English will maintain and grow its dominance‚ moving from “a marker of the elite” in years past to “a basic skill needed for the entire workforce‚ in the same way that literacy has been transformed in the last two centuries from an elite privilege into a basic requirement for informed citizenship.” (Indeed
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benefits of learning English is that it is often considered the language of global business. The international business community often uses it for communication‚ even among people who do not speak the same native language. Speaking and understanding English can let a person more easily communicate with others and find more job opportunities not only in his or her home country‚ but around the world as well. There are also many professional informative publications printed in English‚ which means it is
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The importance of English as a global language English is a very important language and carries a very big role in our lives. We do not know all languages so English is a useful language if we are talking to someone from some other country. English is used in most of the countries especially in the United States of America‚ United Kingdom‚ Australia and New Zealand. English today is probably the Third largest language by number of native speakers after mandarin Chinese and Spanish. However when
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been affected by “slang” language. This report describes and evaluates the reference of ‘slang’ being incorporated into the English language. Qualitative research in the form of a questionnaire has been used to conduct the research and gather the necessary information needed to compile this research report. With the research conducted‚ it was found that students are very keen and do not mind ‘slang’ being incorporated into the school syllabus and into the English language. With careful evaluation
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