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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Questions on David Crystal’s article “2b or Not 2b?” 1. David Crystal begins his article with some strong “they say” arguments‚ quoting writers who argue that text messaging is destroying the English language. At what point in the article do you begin to see that his own perspective is very different from that of such critics? - Crystal’s perspective on texting is displayed many times throughout different paragraphs in the article. In paragraph six Crystal states “texting has added a new dimension
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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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Crystal‚ D. (2004). The Stories of English. New York: The Overlook Press. David Crystal’s book immediately grabs your attention through the characters placed around the table. The images give the illusion of historical men drinking wine‚ smoking pipes‚ and discusses important matters of the time. The caption bubbles are the foreshadowing of what’s to come. The introduction states that there are actually two introductions‚ due to the two stories the book investigates: “Standard English “and “Real
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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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Ok. Thanks Bailey. So now I’ll move on to some reasons why people believe that same sex marriage should not be legalized. Not create the next generation Firstly‚ they think that although people have a right to live any way they like but traditionally‚ marriage is between a man and a woman. One of meaning purposes of marriage is create the next generation and mutual them. Children are the fundamental of future society. And obviously only opposite- sex marriage can play the role of create the future
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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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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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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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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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