stretches back almost 5‚400 years ago‚ and some speculate that spoken languages have been around for at least 100‚000 years – around 60% of human existence‚ or 15 times as long as civilisation itself. (Derbyshire) Languages are the building blocks of communication – sets of words related to one another so that people understand the world around them and the intents of others. Languages‚ usually‚ are regional – people speak the language that they grew up around. People in Germany speak German‚ and people
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Algeo and Butcher (2013) state that the purpose of language is to communicate‚ whether with others by talking and writing or with ourselves by thinking. There are many differences between speaking and writing in English and studies have been conducted to evaluate these differences (Chafe & Tannen‚ 1987). The spoken language is a transient (Crystal‚ 2005) and automatic response accompanied by body language‚ hand gestures‚ facial expressions and paralanguage. Unless speech is recorded‚ it becomes an
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He calls this linguistic imperialism‚ a cultural correlate of political imperialism. In this case the dominating language is imposed on a people and on the indigenous languages and consequently the dominated language begins to experience functional loss and eventually shrink structurally. Phillipson’s main argument here is that the monolingual language policies favoring European languages are not accidental; they are part of the grand scheme by the former colonial powers to keep control of the territories
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Research Project- Language input and learning in the Foreign Language Classroom Abstract: This article examines the differences between native and non-native English speaking teachers‚ in an Italian Primary school classroom. It uses recordings of four language classes and analyses the teachers’ lexical input‚ alongside the lexical output of the learners. It examines the types of interaction which take place‚ and the teachers’ use of the L1 comparing it to the second language acquisition theories
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The Importance of World Languages Nowadays‚ multilingualism has become more than just ‘important’. Knowing a foreign language different from your mother tongue has evolved/become/turn_out to be extremely beneficial. Whether viewed from the financial or social aspect‚ being able to communicate in a foreign language helps to make ‘real’ connection with people and provides a better understanding of your language. Why should you learn a foreign language? 1. To begin with‚ the first advange is
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‘English Seen as Co-star among Global Languages’ and ‘ Can English Be Dethroned?’ Decide which article is more persuasive in your opinion and why. Use examples from the articles to support your ideas. Nowadays‚ all people say that English is the most essential and easiest language that people could use to communicate in different countries. As I read thoroughly the two articles‚ which are called “ English seen as a Co-star among Global Language” and “Can English be Dethroned”‚ I’ve found out
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Foreign Language Education There is much controversy whether or not children should be taught a second language. Are there benefits to teaching our younger generations a second language and does it matter if we teach younger children a second language at a young age? Many people don’t agree‚ thinking that teaching children a second language at a young age is a waste of time and money‚ but others think that it helps children throughout their lives. I personally think that getting the opportunity
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Importance of English Language A language is a system for communicating ideas and feelings using sounds‚ conventional symbols‚ signs or marks. Any means of communicating ideas‚ specifically‚ human speech‚ and the expression of ideas by the voice and sounds and the written and spoken methods of combining words to create meaning used by a particular group of people. It is the code we all use to express ourselves and communicate to others.. As we know that we are living in the world of globalization
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English language in the modern time To date‚ none of the artificial languages‚ ever invented by mankind‚ never became a common world language. As a means of international communication‚ people still use natural languages. So the United Nations (UN)‚ on the basis of the real distribution and use of languages in the world (based on the total number of speakers and the number of countries using one or another language)‚ has selected their official languages of the following 6 languages: English
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Game Theoretic Explanation of Indian Language Policy Outcome “India has been a crucible for the drama of language conflict” (Laitin‚ 415). Exploring language policy in India is both a complex and interesting task. Contrary to other empires that went through state consolidation‚ it is clear that India is quite the linguistic mosaic (Laitin‚ 415). Not only is there no single language for official exchange‚ but citizens of India have developed complex language repertoires in order to interact with
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