Mini-debate: English Globalization
Same format as usual: Background reading, short discussion, learn new vocab and debate the issue in small groups.
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Mini-debate: English Globalization
Same format as usual: Background reading, short discussion, learn new vocab and debate the issue in small groups.
You need to be a member of MyEnglishClub to add comments!
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Nancy, no marks for this comment as it should have been made before the class, and not after. Sorry.
Well Wang Shuaitian, although learning English from only twelve years of age, at least you have started somewhere! There are many children in China today who don;t even get education, let alone learning English. But, as you can see (and hear), if you started from an earlier age like Jackie (5 or 6 years), your English would have been more advanced today!
It is said that the English developed fast in recent years. Not just because America is the most developed country in the whole world .As far as I know, it is obvious that the British English and the American English. They have much differences such as grammar and the use of the preposition. For example, the spell of the word -- umbrella brollie gas, gasoline petrol automobile car president chancellor soccer football vacation holiday and so on . But in my opinion, no matter how greatly the English will change, it always be the most important language for us .we must try our best to learn it just like learning our mother tongue.
Haha Kelly, they don't speak English in America! Well, at least not pure English! If you do some research, you would discover that English is actually not even the official language of America! The US was also a colony of Britain, and after independence, they changed many things not to resemble too much British any longer! So, they changed the spelling and pronunciation of many English words and they even changed the way they were driving on the roads (from the left side to the right - like they are doing in China)! So, I believe that it was the Americans who first started to 'sabotage' the English language! And indeed, because of that, they made English language studies more complicated, because nowadays you hear about American English and British English. But before American "English" was born, there existed only one English language, i.e. British English! :)
Yes Nancy, I noticed that you were slow with comments this semester! But I am happy that you eventually paid a visit to the website! Welcome back!
Sorry Maxine, I was checking back for something and then noticed that I slipped up replying to your comment. Now it is too late. Hope you have already forgiven me! ;-)
I hope you did learn something through this lesson, Maxine! I noticed that you were very quiet .. (maybe you missed Crystal from the front row)!
Good evening,teacher! Tomorrow's class we will have a mini-debate about the English Globalization.In nowaday society,English is more and more important.Because it is used widely in the world.As for me,I started to learn English from the year of 5.And I think the meaning of globalization is that we can be in a world like a family.The information and resource can be transport quickly and smoothly among us.English can be the key of this change.So I think only have a good command of English can we study better in the future.
You are so clever, Liu Yufan! I agree with what you say! English is the key that unlocks the world to us! But just think how nice it is that through this one language we can extend our family ... by implication, you will then have another 'father' in South Africa and I will have another daughter in Huludao ... and all over China! ;-)
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