English as a Global Language The phenomenal rise in use of English has mainly taken place over the last two decades. English has reached high status world-wide because of several factors; as the mother tongue of millions of people all over the world‚ as the language that millions of children learn at school and the language that is used in international relations‚ for global communication and as the major media language. The importance of a global language has become major‚ in some contexts
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knows the importance of English language in today’s world‚ importance of English language in our society and importance of English in daily life.The importance of English language in non spoken countries as well importance of English language in Pakistan increases day by day.As we know importance of English in communication is become very important day by day.As the second language we could never ask for questions why even the kids are already learned with the English language. Since elementary to college
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“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 and while I was waiting I heard a guest ask in English until what time was breakfast‚ I was surprised to see that none of the staff members understood the question. After several
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1: Introduction At present‚ speaking a foreign language represents one of the essential requirements of today´s society. Besides other skills and knowledge‚ it is considered as one of the most influencing factors while applying for a job or sustaining in a particular work position under the condition of advancing the language level. Based on my work experience‚ I can confirm that knowing a foreign language is a necessity for everyone in general‚ mainly for my students - soldiers. These
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• English is widely spoken and use around the worldand consider it the world language or the international language. • English language has an extremely large vocabulary. A basic and fundamental knowledge of the language is considered a requirement in a number of professional occupations. • Moreover‚ English is the international language of diplomacy‚ business‚ science‚ technology‚ banking‚ computing‚ medicine‚ aviation‚ UN & NATO armed forces‚ engineering‚ tourism and other more • English
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Abstract This study aims at finding out differences between Persian and English speakers’ patterns (macro and micro) of responding to compliments and observed some dissimilarity between them while accepting‚ rejecting and evading a compliment. This study also indicates whether Persian learners of English produce target- like compliments and compliment responses in English and whether pragmatic transfer can occur. Discourse completion tests (DCTs) were used to study the strategies employed when
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English is the most widely used universal language in the world and so it is no surprise that there will be many external influences from other languages. It continues to change and evolve as the years go on. There are many external influences that effects how language changes. An individual can choose if they want to follow the influences or choose to stick to what is to be believed as Standard English. It’s no secret that TV has had a great influence on the modern culture. TV often sets trends
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educated audience. The point of this article is for the middle aged classes to wonder‚ and be convinced that the use of the abbreviations and made up words by youth and media are ruining the English language. We can tell that the text is targeted to these groups of people as this is a criticism towards the modern language that the youth has created. This was mostly due to the use of technology in young people’s lives‚ such as texting and computers‚ chatting and social networks and even the media. Some
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History of the English language From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia (Redirected from History of English Language) Jump to: navigation‚ search English is a West Germanic language that originated from the Anglo-Frisian dialects brought to Britain by Germanic invaders from various parts of what is now northwest Germany and the Netherlands. Initially‚ Old English was a diverse group of dialects‚ reflecting the varied origins of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England. One of these dialects‚ Late
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does the English language enable us to express ‘politeness’? The definition of politeness is ‘Having or showing behavior that is respectful and considerate of other people’(Oxford Dictionary) it is a social construct that has formulated by humans to communicate in society. They are usually taught in the home and in society through our norms and values of socialisation .Linguistically‚ politeness is a form of pragmatic‚ ‘the study of how interlocutors use their own knowledge of a language to convey
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