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    English as a global language

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    Why a global language?

    English is a global language: of the Worlds Mail

    of the Worlds technical & scientific journals

    of all newspapers

    80 % of the information in computersAll International Air Pilots

    All International Sea Captains

    Many movies, songs, and much business

    of European business deals 7 of the Largest TV Broadcasters (CBS, NBC,

    ABC, BBC, CBC, CNN, C-Span)

    TV Televangelism of Christianity (McCrum 10)

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    Why a global language?

    English is a global language:

    You hear it on TV, spoken by

    politicians from all over the world.You see English signs and

    advertisements.

    Hotel receptionists and waiters in aforeign city understand you when youspeak English.

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    What is a global language?

    it develops a special role(with many facets)that is recognized in every country.

    a large number of people speak the languageas a mother tongue (the USA, Canada,Britain, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand,South Africa, several Caribbean countries,etc.

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    Why do we need a global

    language? People using different languages need a lingua

    franca to communicate.

    International academic and business communities

    need a lingua franca to communicate

    People become more mobile both physically andelectronically.

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    The cultural legacy

    English is one the official languages used inthe UN.

    English is used in most proceedings of mostother major international political gatherings.

    English is used in the media (the press,advertising, broadcasting, cinema, andpopular music), in international travel andinternational safety.

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    Education

    English is the medium of a great deal of the worldsknowledge esp. in science and technology.

    A 1980 study of the use of English:

    85 % of papers in scientific periodicals were written inEnglish.

    In 1995, nearly 90% of the 1,500 papers listed in thejournal Linguistics Abstractswere in English.

    English has become the normal medium ofinstruction in higher education for many countries.

    The ELT business has become one of the majorgrowth industries around the world.

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    Communication

    Three quarters of the worlds mail is in

    English.

    80% of the worlds electronically storedinformation is currently in English.

    The first protocols devised to carry data on

    the Net were developed for the English

    alphabet, using character set (called Latin 1).

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    Thank you.


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