The World Language—English Can you speak English? English is spoken as a first language by the majority populations of several countries: including the United Kingdom‚ the United States‚ Canada‚ Australia‚ Ireland‚ New Zealand‚ and some Caribbean countries. Nowadays‚ many people in the world can communicate with others from different countries in English. For example‚ when a Chinese meets a German‚ they can talk very well as long as both of them can speak English. Also‚ there are more and more young
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Do people agree that English is a global language? Do people know why they need a global language? Why do people all over the world learn English? Of course‚ English is a global language‚ but it does not mean everyone can speak English in the world‚ and it does not mean every country uses English as an official language. In 2009‚ English is the native language for one third of all people and on the first ranking that most people have spoken. (Weber‚ 1995‚ The World’s 10 most influential language
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It is unquestionable that English today enjoy a significant status as the most worldwide spoken language. It becomes part of daily life of many people for many reasons: enjoyment‚ academic‚ economic‚ and other purposes. It is spoken throughout the world either as a first or second language‚ not only with English speakers‚ but with people of different first languages. Crystal (1994) describes its status as ‘global language’ where it started to have ‘a special role that is recognized in every country
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Title : The poor English communication among students in high education Today‚ the problem of vulnerability to master English more serious among students regardless of primary‚ secondary or university level. More worrisome‚ the problem spread among students in the high level education. Let us think about why this problem occurs. Firstly‚ students seldom practice what they have learned English. The amounts of students reading a material in English is too less. They did not take cognizance of current
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HISTROY OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE IN BRIEF A BRIEF HISTORY OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE History of English language will explain‚ why learning English as a second language is difficult without proper instruction‚ even though basic components are same. Throughout its history English has been influenced by the varieties of language. Living languages never remain static. Every language is the product of change and continues to change as long as it is spoken. Only dead languages like Latin or Sanskrit change no
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century‚ the English language has been widely propagated throughout many nations. Eventually‚ it became one of the international languages of the world and is used by most nations to communicate and understand each other. Our command of English as Malaysians has seen a vast improvement throughout the years. We Malaysians are quite extraordinary. From speaking in broken English‚ we have learnt the proper usage of English. Later on‚ we even created a whole new language- Malaysian English or more commonly
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A euphemism is defined as a non-harmful phrase or word used to substitute another word or phrase that is seen as‚ in some way‚ unpleasant. These words and phrases‚ though created with the best possible intentions‚ are slowly causing the English language to decay. For example‚ penitentiaries used to be led by a warden. In an effort to seem politically correct‚ penitentiaries‚ prisons and jails have been renamed to the‚ allegedly less controversial‚ title of “correctional facility” or “detention facility
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the world and some of them fall into the category of international languages or languages of wider communication‚ such as French‚ English‚ German‚ Spanish‚ Russian‚ Italian and Arabic. All these languages are the official languages of the United Nations. Among all these languages English is rightly considered to be the international language of the world‚ though English has assumed the function of the ‘world language’ quite recently. It was only in the 1930 that the British Foreign Office stopped
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English‚ which is spoken by 1.9 billon of the world’s population as their first language (Redman‚ 2004)‚ has been spreading rapidly in the world since the British Industrial Revolution and colonialism in many continents such as Asia‚ Africa and North America during the 18th century (Lavot‚ 2000). As the influence of English is increasing‚ some linguists think that it is a natural process of successful international communication. However‚ many other languages are also dying out at an accelerating
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the study of English important? Education is a very integral part of the development of a child. English‚ math‚ and science are the core subjects that are used in education. The study of English is one of the most important subjects‚ not only to Americans but also to other cultures. English is important for a number of reasons. It is important in a job setting; employers think very highly of potential employees if they use correct grammar and sophisticated English. Also‚ fluent English speaking employees
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