To what extent English is the global language? http://www2.ignatius.edu/FACULTY/TURNER/languages.htm http://www2.ignatius.edu/FACULTY/TURNER/worldlang.htm (detailed tables) http://www.photius.com/rankings/languages2.html 影响语言传播的因素: 1. http://www.5ykj.com/Article/xslwwjws/93980.htm 历史 经济 难度 对人类文明的贡献 2. http://bbs.hupu.com/12561712.html 短期看不太可能。决定语言传播的有几个因素: 1. 国家实力(说中文的就中国一个大头) 2. 文化输出(这点上天朝弱爆,天朝目前以及可短期预见的未来里,不具备输入文化的足够实力)等哪天天朝的流行文化,各种文化,电影,流行歌,书,明星等逆向输入英语世界,等哪天英语国家的青少年开始哈中了,这时候我们才谈中文的逆袭。
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The difficulty that new international students faced in a new English speaking country The number of students study abroad because of the High quality education in some English speaking country and the strongest financial statement. International students from many different culture and speak many different languages block them adjust to a new social and academic life in a foreign country in several aspects (Hawkes, 2014). Smith and Khawaja (as cited in Hawkes, 2014) that there are five factors:
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think my listening skill needs to be improved and my vocabulary is too small too. So I wanted to improve my English listening skill and enlarge my vocabulary through this independent learning activity. What’s more, I also wanted to know some techniques of taking tests, and know differences between British English and American English, and what features does British English or American English has. Last, since I’ve never done a presentation before, so I wanted to grasp some skills and tips to apply
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dawns in the background of this epic poem. * 30,000 lines of Anglo-Saxon poetry survive today * 3, 182 (10%) of the lines are from Beowulf * Setting – Denmark and Sweden * Oldest surviving English poem * Oldest text in English. * Composed in Anglo-Saxon (Old English) between 600 and 700 CE. * Written down sometime in the 10th century. * There is a manuscript of it in the British Library, that barely survived a fire. * It is a literary picture of melding religious
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The candidate must demonstrate they are able to follow the following tasks as their role as a Part time sales executive: A sales executive will be working the ground floor, serving consumers and helping them if they need assistance with any of their shopping needs. Sales executives will also oversee the retail assistants to check on their progress and to see if there are any other tasks that are outstanding. Good social skills are required as you will be working with people throughout the day, working
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Singapore Press Holdings Ltd (SPH) was incorporated in 1984. Its success is built on the long history and rich heritage of two flagship newspaper products. The Straits Times, the english language daily and LianHe Zaobao, the chinese language daily. SPH was publishes daily newspaper in english, chinese, malay and tamil four titles major language. Everyday, 74 per cent of population above 15 years old read one of SPH's newa publications. SPH also produces a range of magazines. They publishes
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When Cadburys enters India, they must make sure that at least one of Cadburys representatives must know Hindi (India’s common language). even though the most common language used in the world of international business is English, India have an incredibly low command of the English language, so it becomes very helpful when there’s a member of staff that speaks the language. It’s in Cadburys best interest to attain the best deals, create agreements and form negotiations and without a common language
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would be, Language barrier- there is a major language barrier between the two categories of participant. while Econ group uses English as their major language, Nagaoka uses Japanese as their own language. Even though there is an interpreter that could help translate both language to one another, there is still a problem of understanding what is interpreted. Words in English could mean a different thing in Japanese when it is interpreted. So understanding the translated word is a major problem for the
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Career Development As English Teacher Content Career Development As English Teacher | Serial | Topic | Page No. | 1.2.3.4. 5. 6. 7. 8. | Executive Summery Introduction Objective Methodology AnalyzeFindings and RecommendationConclusionReference | 12-3 4 45-6 789 | Acknowledgement: Alhamdulillah, first of all we would like to thank ALLAH as finally we were able to finish our assignment thenWe would like to express our special thanks of gratitude to our
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mostly symbols and phonetics, it alarmed the Department of Education in the Philippines. Mona Valisno, a representative of DepEd told parents to keep their kids from falling into the Jejemontrap before they forget how to spell the actual words in English or Filipino. As a conclusion to this remark on jejemon, the issue became the center of educational debate especially in the secondary education particularly the public schools in the Philippines. The term jejemon is derived from “jejeje” and Pokemon
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