English as an international language Of the 4‚000 to 5‚000 living languages‚ English is by far the most widely used. As a mother tongue‚ it ranks second only to Chinese‚ which is effectively six mutually unintelligible dialects little used outside China. On the other hand the 300 million native speakers of English are to be found in every continent‚ and an equally widely distributed body of second language speakers‚ who use English for their day-to-day needs‚ totals over 250 million. Finally‚ if
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English as a World Language. The global spread of English over the last 50 years is remarkable. It is unprecedented in several ways: by the increasing number of users of the language‚ by its depth of permeation ["pE:mI’eISn] into societies and its range of functions. There is a model consisting of 3 circles proposed by B.B. Kachru in 1982 in order to describe regional varieties of English. The 1st or inner circle includes people who speak English as their vernacular language (200-400 mln speakers)
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Ngan T. Nguyen (Jasmine) Intro to Psychology Professor Joan Ostrove February 16‚ 2014 “Sight Unseen” – the window into the blind’s world I spent the last weekends enjoying the book “Sight Unseen‚” the interesting account of the blindness and sight by Georgina Kleege. The introduction struck me with that clear and strong statement: “Writing this book made me blind” (Kleege 1). Then‚ Kleege explained‚ writing this book helps her reflect not only how little she actually can see but also how sighted
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English Discursive essay A winter World Cup FIFA president Sepp Blatter has recently admitted to the Daily Mail that by electing Qatar to host the 2022 could have been a “ mistake”. Soaring temperatures in the Middle East will make it almost impossible to play the tournament in the traditional months of June and July therefore‚ the first ever winter world cup looks likely. This has caused much heated discussion within the footballing sector. The wonderful game of football has always been
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Compare‚ contrast & evaluate essay final draft: Topic: Contrasting differences‚ resemblance and evaluation of two computer operating systems‚ Windows 7 and Windows 8. The release of Windows 8 has divided the online community in two contradictory groups. Some users appear to enjoy the new features and performance of the newest Windows operating system‚ while others recommend choosing its well-received predecessor Windows 7 (Mikoluk‚ 2013). The purpose of this essay is to examine some of the primary
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LANGUAGE? __________________________________________________ English isn’t managing to sweep all else before it -- and if it ever does become the universal language‚ many of those who speak it won’t understand one another by Barbara Wallraff ECAUSE I am interested in what happens to the English language‚ over the past year or so I’ve been asking people‚ at dinner parties and professional gatherings and so on‚ whether they think that English is well on its way to being the global language. Typically
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1. 1. Part 1: 2. Which story did you read? I read "The Boarded Window" 3. Describe the physical setting of the story. Which words or descriptions contribute to the emotional setting or mood? What is the mood that results from the author’s use of description? The physical setting of this story was "only a few miles away from what is now the great city of Cincinnati‚ lay an immense and almost unbroken forest." The words words that contribute to the emotional setting or mood is " He lived
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Noun 1. A book that lists the words of a language in alphabetical order and gives their meaning‚ or that gives the equivalent words in a... 2. A reference book on any subject‚ the items of which are arranged in alphabetical order. | | ENGLISH PROJECT PAULINE T
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In March 1982‚ criminologists named George L. Kelling and James Q. Wilson developed a theory called “Broken Windows Theory”. This theory suggests that crime is most likely to occur within a part of a city that is neglected‚ “if a window in a building is left broken and is left unrepaired‚ all the rest of the windows will soon be broken” (Kelling‚ Wilson‚ 1982). The name suggests that windows should be fixed immediately‚ most likely linking to stopping crimes no matter how minor. The article goes into
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Criminology Final Exam Essay The broken windows theory was proposed by James Q. Wilson and George Kelling in 1982 that used broken windows as a metaphor for disorder within neighborhoods. Their theory links disorder and incivility within a community to subsequent occurrences of serious crime. Prior to the development and implementation of various incivility theories such as broken windows‚ law enforcement scholars and police tended to focus on serious crime. The major concern was the most serious
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