benefits of learning English is that it is often considered the language of global business. The international business community often uses it for communication‚ even among people who do not speak the same native language. Speaking and understanding English can let a person more easily communicate with others and find more job opportunities not only in his or her home country‚ but around the world as well. There are also many professional informative publications printed in English‚ which means it is
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Rylee Kay Jamie McBeth-Smith English 1010-053 9/16/14 “2b or Not 2b” by David Crystal Is texting making our language worse or is it improving it? David Crystal‚ “a professor at the University of Wales and is known for his work in English language studies and linguistics” (335)‚ writes about how many people think that texting is destroying our language‚ but Crystal believes that texting can improve children’s ability to read and write‚ he also writes that texting may add a new dimension to communication
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English has become a global language because it is both easy to learn and is superior to other languages. To what extent do you agree with this statement? Nowadays‚ English has naturally been evolved as a global language over time despite the fact that it has been proved by researchers that is the third most native language in the world after mandarin Chinese and Spanish. A global language is a language spoken internationally which is learned by many people as a second language. For many years
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2013 E2 English is the most volatile language of all the languages. Something new and spicy is constantly being added to this mixture in this large cauldron. First‚ the Anglo-Frisian dialects started brewing this potion‚ and since then‚ every generation has contributed something new to the potion and used it in their time and passed it on to the future generations. Today‚ we have taken a part of this and started brewing another potion called “The language of texting”. Unlike English‚ we extract
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As stated in the article‚ “2b or Not 2b” by David Crystal‚ some people believe that texting is not a natural form of communication and that it is wrecking our language. Although some people may agree with this idea‚ studies have challenged this opinion. Rather than fearing the consequences of texting‚ people should embrace this evolution and understand that this new form of communication may actually have benefits on literacy. This author once stated‚ “there is no evidence that texting teaches people
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The Future Status of English as a Global Language─Now is No Forever! As an English major and a bilingual person‚ it’s hard to jump out of the box and deny the deep‚ great‚ far-reaching influence and outspread of English. It seems true that English has become the universal language─the one accredited language to use in professional academic fields‚ the almost instinctive choice of language for people to speak in foreign countries‚ remarkably the none-English-speaking ones‚ and a universally
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status of English as the global language is assured Due to the first industrial revolution in the 1760s‚ Britain became prosperous and rose quickly. In order to accumulate the capital‚ the Britain Empire began its colonial expansion‚ during which English‚ as a kind of language‚ was transmitted across the world. Nowadays‚ English has become a global language. It is estimated by David Crystal that about 350 million’s first language is English‚ along with 250-350 million speaking English as second
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The Future of English as the Global Language Is Assured English is the first language for the people in the United States‚ United Kingdom‚ Australia‚ Ireland‚ and New Zealand. Also‚ English is the second language for many countries over the world. The English now is the first global language. The question is will English be the first language in future or not. Some people say no‚ but I think the English will be the first language for long time. The people‚ who said the English will not be the
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What is the future of English as a global language? The world is changing so rapidly‚ from national politics to people’s livelihood. Definitely‚ language is one of the most important characteristic among there. English‚ which is considered as the world language at present‚ facing with sophisticated problems. Actually‚ the situation could persist on till the future. In my view‚ the future of English as a global language may be as the concave and convex sides of a nutshell‚ it is hard to foresee that
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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 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 can wipe out smaller languages and their cultures by exclusive use such as the media or the economy. There
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