some negatives on global language( crystal pg 11-20)
crystal pg 20-28
English's bleak future
English's bleak future
100
How does a language achieve global status
to achieve global status a language has to be taken up by other countries around the world
100
name three lingua franca's
Swahili Arabic Spanish french English Hindi Portuguese and several others
100
once a language is gone it can never be
recaptured
100
what language has the most native speakers
Chinese
100
when independence hit after world war two what happened to English in the newly independent country's
the official use of English was downgraded
200
in the 2000's how many people were fluent or competent in English
1.5 billion people
200
what are some disadvantages to a global language
a global language will make people lazy to learn other languages
a global language will give native speakers a upper hand on those who are foreign
a global language will cause a lot of languages to die away
200
what langue has tried to protect it self from English
For a bonus 100 points what is a word that they try to keep out from the language
it is french
EX: hash tag they have their own word for hash tag
200
what population will be bigger than china's in 2050
What is India's
200
who did English spread
it spread threw the British empire and expanded in the late 20th century by the immense economic heft of English speaking economies
300
English is more of a
Romance or Germanic language
it is more a romance than a germanic language
300
when is the best time to start to pick up a language
at birth or in your childhood
300
what language has the most potential on becoming the global language
englsih
300
name some reasons for a lingua franca
conquest trade, religious missions, social aspiration, $$$$
300
what language was really popular like English but was forgotten about
latin
400
how does a language become a international language( hint think roman army)
because of the power of its military and is political power
400
what did the UK based center for information on language teaching an research find out about British exporters with poor language skills
that a third of British exporters miss opportunities because of poor language skills
400
give one example on who a global language could be stopped
an amazing machine for translating comes out or a revolution on the balance of power happens and alters the global language
400
Latin and french were very dependent on who
educated elites
400
what other languages have the potential of becoming gloabal
Chinese Hindi Spanish and Portuguese possible Russian Malay Persian Arabic
500
English was the language on ____ ___ ___ never sets ( think about the map with great Britain and colonies )
which the sun never sets
500
out of the 6000 languages that are existing how many languages are going to be left in the next centurey
3000
500
what is a major problem in the way of teaching everyone in the world a global language
its all about the money money $$$$$
500
when is a mother tongue in danger
a mother tongue is in danger when a growing number of people adopt it as their first language
500
china is how far into its program to establish 100 Confucius institutes around the world
and for what reason
china is a third into its program and to popularize learning chinese