� PAGE * MERGEFORMAT �4� Global Warming All arguments have two sides to them. The global warming issue is not an exception to that general rule. I believe that global warming is partly natural process‚ but our industrial activities have majorly influenced the climate changes. These changes are causing extinction in some animals like the polar bears and the melting of the Arctic that causes sea levels to rise. Global warming would also cause extreme weather like hurricane Katrina and more frequent
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A hot button issue in current society is Global Warming. According to Merriam-Webster’s online dictionary global warming is “the recent increase in the world ’s temperature that is believed to be caused by the increase of certain gases in the atmosphere” (Merriam). Global warming as it stands is a scientific fact‚ as opposed to a theory. The legitimacy of Earth’s rising temperature isn’t where all the heated debates lie though. The debate is centered around whether or not humans are the cause of
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Global warming is an increasing problem around the world. All people and some animals add to this problem in their daily lives. California is the twelfth largest producer of greenhouse gases in the world. California is the first state in the United States to set laws that will reduce the amounts of greenhouse gases that are released into the atmosphere. (Plan to Cut) Many people are for this law‚ while many are against it. There are many thoughts as to why global warming is occurring. Some scientists
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Language Death—why should we care With the accelerated progress of globalization and civilization‚ language death today has become an undeniable and undisputed phenomenon as languages have been disappearing in an increasing rate (Guilherme 2013). Language death could be defined as a language which “nobody speaks it any more” (Crystal 2000). According to Colls (2009)‚ the size of language pool is over 7000‚ but by end of this century‚ it is estimated that 90% of those languages “would have ceased
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the various languages student posses by exerting American hegemony over different cultures. Prop 227 throws students in immersion programs that are suppose to last for one year‚ in order to make the students fluent in English. If the students cannot learn English in that one-year time period‚ they’re doomed to run into difficulties when advancing to a higher-level education of the dominant language. It is simply a “sink or swim” ordeal. The failure to address individual student’s language assistance
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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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of the Advantages and Disadvantages of English As A Global Language A widely accepted definition of global English which can be found at "www.reference.com" is "English as a global means of communication in numerous dialects‚ and also the movements towards an international standard for the language‚ it is also referred to as world English‚ common English or general English." In regard to history and why English developed into a global language‚ Crystal(1977) points out that the current status of
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English as a Global Language – Debating the future of world English with references to Cristal‚ Phillipson and Reid. Introduction The aim of this essay is to explore the positions of Cristal‚ Phillipson and Reid and to consider how to address and how not to address the global language situation. There have been many different opinions expressed by academic linguistics as to weather the spread of one dominant language is an advantage or a disadvantage
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English as a global language English is spoken in most parts of the world‚ for instance in Great Britain‚ the USA‚ Canada‚ Australia‚ New Zealand and in many more countries. Moreover in African states English serves as main form of communication. English is‚ after the Chinese one‚ the language most people speak and it is the most popular second language and foreign language pupils learn in school. The English language is often named as a “killer language” that wipes out smaller languages and their
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Discuss the positive and negative impacts of having English as global language Over the last decades English has played an important role around the world as common language for economic‚ education‚ scientific and entertainment exchange between nations and in particular between people. The positive aspect is that English language open doors in terms of global communication and business‚ because this language has become a powerful tool in terms of improving productivity and driving growth
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