World English
Multicultural Societies
Global Challenges
Films and Documentaries
Quirky Column
100
A Pigeon between Japanese and English
What is Japlish
100
A society marked by the influence of several distinct cultures.
What is a multicultural society?
100
It happens when the average temperature of the earth rises over time.
What is global warming?
100
The story of a top student who abandons his possessions and hitchhikes to Alaska to live in the wilderness.
What is Into the Wild?
100
He was Ash' first pokémon.
Who is Pikachu?
200
The poem tells us how a superior nation/country can force an entire innocent group of people to obey against will while committing war crimes, like raping a whole people, and that this can only lead to uproar.
What does the poem "Pan Recipe" tell us?
200
“I Pluribus Unum” – In variety, unity.
What is America’s national motto?
200
"My waters on fire tonight"
What is the fracking song's title?
200
A Harvard student creates a social networking website that grows into a cultural phenomenon as well as making him rich.
What is The Social Network about?
200
He made teenage girls all over Norway go crazy.
Who is Justin Bieber?
300
When two countries speak different languages, it usually renders them unable to communicate. English offers a chance to communicate efficiently and is therefore often used in international negotiations.
How does English contribute to international politics?
300
Finding the best way to encourage diversity without causing ethnic segregation.
What is one of the biggest challenges in a multicultural society?
300
a global issue where people or groups of people try to intimidate a population or goverment through acts of violence against civilians.
What is terrorism?
300
A story of an afghan boy returns to Afghanistan to help his old friend, whose son is in trouble.
What is The Kite Runner?
300
Known as the land of the midnight sun.
What is Norway?
400
It was written by Rudyard Kipling and it tells us about how the white man is obligated to lead industry, education and civilized behavior into the African countries.
Who wrote “The White Man’s Burden”, and what is its message?
400
A term used to describe the patchwork quilt of nationalities that makes up the US
What is a "Nation of Nations?
400
Types of resources that has been used since the industrial revolution, where the resources are slowly being taped empty.
What is fossil fuels?
400
A documentary in which people set fire to their tapwater
What is Gasland?
400
He was a world famous escape artist.
Who is Harry Houdini?
500
English is becoming so wide-spread and important, that smaller languages are said to disappear, being replaced by English.
How does English pose a threat to other languages?
500
Immigrants whose physical appearance is different from that of the majority population within a society
What are visible immigrants?
500
He is a enviremental activist and former US. vice president. In 2006 he released his documentary film and book "An inconvenient Truth"
Who is Al Gore?
500
Lives of Los Angeles citizens intertwine in a story of race, loss and redemption.
What is Crash about?
500
It is the measuring unit of a computer mouse speed.
What is a Mickey?
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