| English as a global language |
| ??Global English? in a sociolinguistic context refers almost literally to the use of English as a global language http://www.english.ucsb.edu/faculty/rraley/research/global- English.html.? The English language as a global language has proved itself to be taught and learned by people from all across the world. In many |
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| Author: Emili Lauble |
| Date of post: 2006-09-26 |
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| English ascending as a world language |
| According to Wikipedia.org, the term ?Lingua Franca? refers to a language ?widely used beyond the population of its native speakers?. [1] There are many different ways in which a language can reach ?Lingua Franca? status; through warfare and colonisation, through international commerce and through the |
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| Author: Henrik Larsson |
| Date of post: 2006-09-26 |
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| English as a global language |
| Wherever one travels in the world these days English quickly becomes the the common language of communication between different nationalities. This was a trend that began during the days of the British Empire with it??s global trade and political network. The process has accelerated dramatically |
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| Author: Paul Sherriff |
| Date of post: 2006-09-26 |
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| English as a global language |
| Language and culture are inextricable extensions of each other. As globalization increasingly homogenizes mainstream culture worldwide, it follows, too, that a single language would complementarily spread across the globe. That language is English, which, although it does not have the largest number of speakers (that |
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| Date of post: 2006-09-26 |
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| English on an International Scale |
| The rise of TEFL, TESOL, CELTA, and similar organizations is by no doubt a reflection of the increasing demand for English to be taught in numerous countries worldwide. What actually constitutes a global language is in and of itself an entirely separate debate. For |
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| Author: Katie Hawkins |
| Date of post: 2006-09-26 |
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