authors and subscription information: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/hcil20 Debating English ’s Hegemony: American‚ Australian and Slovenian Students Discuss “The” Global Language Christof Demont-Heinrich a a University of Denver Published online: 28 Nov 2012. To cite this article: Christof Demont-Heinrich (2012) Debating English ’s Hegemony: American‚ Australian and Slovenian Students Discuss “The” Global Language‚ Critical Inquiry in Language Studies‚ 9:4‚ 346-375‚ DOI: 10
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English is an important language English is an important language because in today’s global world‚ the importance of English cannot be denied or ignored since English is the most common language spoken everywhere. Solomon Island is a developing country and everyone has to learn English because today everything seems to be English. Language plays an important role in human life. Out of all the languages in the world‚ English is considered as the international language. There are some reasons why
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English is an important language since it is the most widely spoken language in the world. A majority of the inhabitants of several nations speaks English as a first language‚ such as U.S.‚ England and Canada. It is a prevalent language all over the world. Hence‚ speaking English is a prime way to communicate with others. That is why English is important to me. Undoubtedly‚ English takes a major place in education In Hong Kong. Most of the students under the education system are taught with English
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Noah Beygelman Mrs. Johnson February 14‚ 2013 English Honors Period 3 An Untold Story “There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.” (Maya Angelou) The novel Speak details the life story of Melinda Sordino‚ a freshman in high school‚ and how both the traumatic and happy events of her life shape her character. In the summer before entering high school‚ Melinda is invited to a party that changes her life; and it is not for the better. A senior in high school named Andy Evans
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Why English as a Lingua Franca? Manfred Görlach‚ a linguist from Germany‚ says that structure and lexicon are important items in a language. The simpler the structure the more people like to use the language. Compared to Latin‚ for instance‚ English is much simpler. Latin has accusative‚ dative‚ genitive‚ feminine‚ masculine‚ or neuter‚ but English does not have such features. Moreover‚ the more vocabulary a language has the better the language. It means that the language is flexible with any other
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Mock Exam 1stc 7th of December 2012 By Gard Detlev Oksendal Task 1 1B 1. The three most important differences between the writing styles in the two texts (Appendices 2 and 4) Difference one: The biggest difference between Appendix 2 and 4 is the fact that Appendix 2 is a short novel‚ which we don’t know if it’s true or not compared to Appendix 4 who is an informative text with clear fact and reasoning. App 2 is taken from the book “the house on mango street”‚ which clearly is a novel in
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Alex Volkov Per. 3 English “Speak” Essay Melinda escaped her tough times by going to her art class. She was assigned to draw and sculpt trees. Her art had a really strong connection with her personal feelings throughout the book. Melinda goes through tough times and her problems show in her art. In her first phase (the confused phase) she really isn’t sure of her art assignment. This is similar to her life‚ because on her first day of high school she wasn’t sure of what clan she was going
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RESEARCH PROJECT AWARENESS UITM STUDENTS TO COMMUNICATE IN ENGLISH TABLE OF CONTENT Title Page CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION 1.1 Study Background 1 1.2 Problem Statement 3 1.3 Research Objectives 4 1.4 Research Questions 4 1.5 Theoretical Framework 5 1.6 Research Hypothesis 6 1.7 Significance of
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Speech Why is it important to learn English? Why is English so much fun? ”All the faith he had had had had no effect on the outcome of his life.” Because that sentence makes perfect sense. Honorable judges‚ distinguished teachers‚ dear participants and all my friends‚ good morning. Learning English is interesting. Why? “Why” is the question that we are all asking. Why is it important to learn English? Why is learning English interesting? Why do we have to learn English? As an international language
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Symbolism is used to represent many meanings. In the novel Speak‚ the protagonist Melinda draws a tree that symbolizes her in many ways. The tree symbolizes Melinda’s growth and her journey to overcome depression. It symbolizes Melinda’s silent personality. Also‚ it symbolizes Melinda cutting off her depression. The tree symbolizes Melinda’s growth and journey. Right after summer‚ a tree starts losing it leaves and becomes ill once winter arrives. It lives through a dark and depressing period.
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