Multilingualism in the Modern World Multilingual nations exist in all parts of the world‚ and very many examples could be cited. Difficulties only arise when one attempts to locate a country that is genuinely monolingual. There appear to be very few. Even in Europe there are not many true examples. Nearly all European countries contain linguistic minorities – groups of speakers who have as their native variety a language other than that which is the official‚ dominant or major language in the
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English Around The World Do you speak English? That question is frequently asked in countries around the world. Although there are almost 3‚000 languages‚ English is the most universal. It is the official language in over 40 countries and the most used language in international business‚ science‚ and medicine. Even in countries where English is not the first language‚ a number of English words are used. No other language is borrowed how more often than English. For example‚ a French worker looks
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the world equal? Our world is divided in to two those who have and those who do not. Globally this division exists between the rich countries in the north and poor countries in the south. Within this broad division between the rich and the poor we find that in each country we have similar division. Even in the richest country in the World‚ the United States of America‚ there are people‚ although small in number‚ who live in abject poverty. Similarly in even the poorest country in the world like
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a brief guide to world domination* How to Live a RemaRkable life in a Conventional World *and other important goals By Chris Guillebeau This reporT is 100% non-CommerCial and does noT ConTain any affiliaTe links A Brief Guide to World Domination Copyright © 2008 Chris Guillebeau. All rights reserved. Layout by Reese Spykerman Important: If you have access to a printer‚ please PRINT this report. You’ll get a lot more out of it if you’re not reading it from a monitor. Take it to your
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We are the world Book Review: Three cups of tea Lost on the way to the summit of a mountain called K2 in Pakistan‚ Greg Mortenson felt depressed until he wandered into a poor village and was warmly treated. Reaching the summit of K2 to place a necklace in the honor of Christa‚ his sister was Greg’s original plan‚ but after he walked into the village’s everyday life he changed his mind. There‚ he gave a promise... to build a school. Eventually‚ not only one school was built but more than sixty
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Factors Affecting the Second Language Learners’ Fluency. Although oral proficiency is a central goal of the language teaching‚ too little attention has been paid to the complex of factors that underlie the fluent of speech. This problem may encounter most second language teachers and learners. I have chosen to write about factors affecting the second language learners’ fluency (SLLF) in order to increase teachers’ awareness about these factors and to enable teachers to improve second language learners’
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Secondly‚ the Second World War had done no damage to the American economy‚ but rather brought it back from the dead and made it better than it ever was. Before WWII‚ the United States was struggling through the Great Depression‚ the single most devastating economic crisis in the history of the world. Millions of Americans were unemployed‚ resulting in families becoming homeless and starving‚ with many dying due to the conditions they were forced to live in. When the Second World War began‚ it was
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A critical analysis of a U.S. propaganda poster of the Second World War By Mike van Veen Introduction The following is a critical analysis of a poster printed by the U.S. Government Printing Office in 1942 and was designed by Allen Russell Saalburg . The poster can be found at the end of this document as Appendix A. I will first point out the various elements of the poster and point out their characteristics. Following that I will explain what these elements portray‚ providing historical
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A STUDY ON THE SPEAKING ABILITY OF SECOND YEAR STUDENTS OF SMA N 2 SIAK HULU Ummi Khalidah‚ Effendy Gultom‚ Tuti Harini Student of English Language Education Department Faculty of Teacher’s Training and Education Riau University Abstract Speaking is one of the language skills which are important for second language learners to be developed. Capability to speak English is the priority for many secondlanguage or foreign language learners. Therefore‚ this research was aimed at knowing
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Question 1 The Second World War was caused by several reasons. Some of the long term reasons include: • Failure of the then League of Nations to maintain peace. This was mainly attributed to the fact that not all the countries across the world were members of the League of Nations. It was also influenced majorly by the fact that the League of Nations had little to no army there it was really difficult for them to handle the Nazis. • Hitler was trying to restore German pride. Having miserably lost
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