As of today, the English language is considered, and widely accepted as the international language, so knowing how to use this language is on indispensable ability. Culture has shaped our world as we are living in a globalised world, and culture often influences language. When there are thousands of different cultures in one country the language is bound to be impacted. For example, some words from some ethnic groups have made their way into mainstem English usage, for example the words “Yallah and Habibi” words which were once used as slang are now found in the English
Although most firms now conduct business in English, they still speak their native language within the country. Many of these firms learn just enough to be able to conduct business transactions because the nonnative English speakers find that it is difficult to learn the entire language when their native language has different values and meaning to the same word. Indian English for example, is difficult to learn for non-Indians because of the differences in sentence structure, indirect style, and accents and pronunciations. This is similar to the example in McWhorter’s article that explains how words and phrases are developed as people pick up habits and create buzzwords. These new simplified versions of vocabulary and grammar become streamlined as future generations of children are taught in schools and influenced by the media.
Rupchandra Gopali, an English teacher at a school in Nepal states, “English is one medium that can be used in every country, whether people know other languages or not. If they know English, they can do jobs everywhere.” (Hildebrandt) Nepal is a country that has embraced globalization for better or for worse. Private schools in Nepal have been using English rather than Nepali as the language of instruction for multiple decades; however, the total number of schools (both private and public) using English as the only language has increased significantly over the last few decades. For many Nepalese students today, the key to success is “not so much education in general, [but rather] competency in the English language…”
Literacy in America is like a bowl of different size buttons, if you pick one at random you never know what you will pick up. America is suppose to be a free form country that allows an individual or a community to broadcast their own language without judgment, this is not always the case. Amy Tran author of “mother tongue” suggests that English speaking individuals see foreigners language as “broken” just because they don 't speak fluently. Richard Rodriguez author of “Aria: a Memoir of a Bilingual Childhood” suggest that being restricted from his native language discouraged him from entertaining the idea that he also could become fluent in “English”. Both of these “essays” are stressing the fact that foreign literacy is judged by fluency.
Regarding that EAL students may have deficient level of English skills than the native English speakers, they may have a range of problems with English in every class including limited vocabularies and reading a context (Iwai, 2008). Also, in my placement schools, I observed many EAL students gather around each other for most of lessons and recess times, and use their first language although they are
This realization about the different levels of English Language Learner’s discussed in chapter one of Foundations for Teaching English Language Learners, explains that there are a wide variety in the types of English Language Learners. As mentioned previously, as ELL’s can come from all different cultures, they can also come from different levels of educational experiences. The levels of experience do not diminish the educational
Language and culture are mutually inclusive entities; one can exist concurrently in the presence of another. Therefore the translation of local culture through the foreign language perpetuates local colors. The Pakistani post-colonial writers used the English language as a mean of explicating local ethos, which resulted into pidiginization as well. Every language is rule governed and culturally specific and eventually restricts the writers to explicate cross cultural conceptions.
TEACHING PRIORITIES OF PRONUNCIATION English is significantly different from our own languages. In the majority of lessons or topics, learners do get some opportunity to speak, and it is obvious that no one can speak without pronunciation. It is also obvious that pronunciation can be an instant and problem to communication, even between the speakers whose knowledge of English is generally good, and would have no difficulty in communicating with each other. There are many features of any topic that can be learned and taught, but there are certain topics that cannot be learned neither taught. When learners are asked about their priorities, one thing that often comes up is ‘pronunciation’.
Oleksandra Smoliar Dr. Aliel Cunningham ENG 500 English as an International Language Annotated Bibliography November 6, 2017 Global Englishes English has long become a lingua franca of the modern world – people know and speak this language in almost any country on this planet. However, certain questions about the ownership of English and the correctness of multiple variations of English spoken around the globe arise to this day. With the help of the following sources I will be able to share my opinion on this matter, and, hopefully, arrive at a satisfactory conclusion.
The communicative approach and the CAPS document approach to grammar teaching. The ever growing need for good communication skills in English has created a huge demand for English teaching around the world, as millions of people today want to improve their command of English or ensure that their children achieve a good command of English... The worldwide demand for English has created an enormous demand for quality language teaching and language teaching materials and resources (Richards, 2006:05).Ironic, as it may seem, the English language runs like blood through the veins of nations worldwide. To have good communication skills in English is a burning desire for most people.
Standardization of the English Language English was not the original indigenous language of Britain. The first arrival of the Anglo-Saxons in Britain, the inhabitants of the country spoke Celtic languages. Yet English shows few dialects brought by the Germanic invaders. Nor was the subsequent growth of English within Britain a smooth or inevitable trajectory. After the Norman invasion, English was not the first language of the ruling classes.
We prefer Shakespeare novels instead of Allama Iqbal’s poetry. While English is our official language instead of Urdu. English medium schooling we are providing but Islamiat, Persian, Pak-studies and Arabic that should basics of our schooling, is going in dark. Those who talk in English considered educated. Eating food with folk is a manner.
This way it involves many students to engage with the activities in classroom. Teachers must be also flexible in accepting the speech articulation by both genders such as language features. Then, the significance of English within both national and international contexts entails the adoption of measures that would provide all learners with the means of attaining a satisfactory level of proficiency and as for Malaysia has a wide diversity of cultures, languages and dialects depending on the demographic of individual, besides, there is a believe that most prestigious dialect is single standard dialect of English that all people should speak (Fox,1999) At the same time, the learning of the mother tongue and other languages should be reinforced, given that these are an asset in their own right and endow young people with a rich linguistic repertoire that they may tap for diverse purposes. The importance given to English in Europe is also manifest in many other countries all over the world.
for living. This shows that English language not just a set of corpus, but more to the usage and the needs in real communication among the language users. Many of English language researches have investigated the content within ELC. For instance, IELTS Official Test Centre is a strong reference in evaluating and promoting English language by running English schools in Asian countries such as China, Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia, Japan and so on, since 1988.
