English has become a very universal language and well known in other foreign countries‚ however here in the United States more and more students are being deprived of being bilingual. Monolingual English speakers at a huge disadvantage because not only does learning a second language help ones communication skills but it also allows one to get connected with a foreign culture and understand situations through their perspective. “Students who do well in a second language do better in their first language”
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English spoken within the outer circle has mainly been a product of colonization. Fundamental linguistic synthesis has evolved. Within a country like Nigeria‚ to such a level that a variety of Nigerian English [broken or pidgin] has become the lingua franca for the majority of the country. Zambia a country located in the South of Africa is landlocked by the DRC Democratic republic of the Congo in the North‚ and Botswana and Zimbabwe in the South. Whilst Nigeria has one of the largest populations
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compendia had been written in the Hellenistic world‚ Islamic authors systematised information‚ making it easier for practitioners to apply it to actual cases. (Brunton‚ 2008‚ pp. 165-167) With the rise of the Catholic church‚ Latin became the lingua franca and the body of medical knowledge slowly went through another transformation from the eleventh to the thirteenth century. The reconquest of Europe brought the Latin speaking world into contact with Arabic knowledge. Economies‚ trade‚ and urban
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use of English originated with the colonisation of so much of the world. Colonisation brought evangelist missionaries teaching English as a means to spread their gospel making English even more wide spread. English was on its way to being a lingua franca (used by people who do not have the same first or second language) by the end of the twentieth century. Now English “is by international treaty‚ the official language for aeronautical and maritime communications. It’s the official language of
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Argument/Persuasion Essay (Baker Common Assessment) Argument/Persuasive Essay (Baker Common Assessment)—Have you ever noticed the ways in which media present arguments? They often make a statement without providing valid support to their claim. A sound argument makes a claim and offers reasons and evidence in support of the claim. In addition‚ it acknowledges opposing viewpoints and refutes them. Characteristics of an argument include: • an arguable‚ clearly defined‚ and narrowed issue; • a specific
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the hotel‚ the desk clerk will speak your language‚ as well‚ probably‚ as the bellhop. (His tip depends on being polygot.) Go to any internet café and the keyboard code that will get you best results is what you are reading now: English – the lingua franca of our time. . . . The spread of English is the product of naked linguistic superpower. Sutherland tells us that a favourite axiom among linguists is: ‘A language is a dialect with an army behind it.’ Follow the big armies (Roman‚ Norman‚ Chinese
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Parker honed their musical vision and technical command of their instruments‚ and in the process influenced virtually every Bebop musician with their mastery of improvisation. And their influence‚ and that of bebop‚ has been described as “…the lingua franca of
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it brings to client countries. SNC-Lavalin is one of the few companies that successfully combines multinationalism with multiculturalism. It adapts to the community in which it works by respecting the cultural values and operating in the lingua franca. SNC-Lavalin also studies its environment and ensures that it meets its client’s needs by respecting their views and being ahead of its emerging trends and technological
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APHG FRQs Question 1 Discuss the role relocation and expansion diffusion have played with respect to the geography of religion for the following regions: A) North America and Christianity. B) Asia and Buddhism. C) North Africa and Asia (Southwest‚ Central‚ South‚ and Southeast) and Islam The time of when the Roman Empire fell was when the religion of Christianity diffused outwards. In the remote places in which kept the religious ideas alive‚ like coastal Ireland and Scotland‚ it had spread throughout
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Management Journal‚ 18(3). Held‚D.‚ McGrew‚ A.‚ Goldblatt‚D(2002). Globalisation and Anti-globalisation‚ Polity Press. Held‚D.‚ McGrew‚ A.‚ Goldblatt‚D & Perraton‚ J(2003) Stephen Evans(2013). “Perspectives on the Use of English as a Business Lingua Franca in Hong Kong”‚ Journal of Business Communication. The Economist (2001) Urata(2002). “Globalization and the Growth in Free Trade Agreements.” Asia Pacific Review‚ Vol. 9‚ No. 1. 2002.
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