GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE CAMBRIDGE IGCSE: LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATION. Definitions, questions for the research project, global/international perspectives, local/national perspectives, family/personal perspectives, useful websites.

1. LANGUAGE AND
COMMUNICATION
GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES
CAMBRIDGE IGCSE P12

2. LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATION
• Language is the ability to acquire and use complex systems of
communication, particularly the human ability to do so, and
a language is any specific example of such a system. The scientific
study of language is called linguistics.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Language

3. QUESTIONS FOR YOUR
RESEARCH PROJECT

4. GLOBAL/INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES
• How has the internet transformed the world?
• Why is it not always easy to make yourself understood in another
country, even if you speak the language?
• Do other societies have different means of communication to those
available in my country?

5. LOCAL/NATIONAL PERSPECTIVES
• How do people in my country communicate differently with each
other?
• How does the role of the media affect political decisions in my
country?
• What investment has my country made in communication systems?

6. FAMILY/PERSONAL PERSPECTIVES
• How does the way I communicate with my family and friends differ?
• How easy is it to be misunderstood?
• Why is it important to speak other languages?

7. WEBSITES
www.shirky.com/ The effects of the internet on society.
pewresearch.org/pubs/1508/internet-cell-phone-users-news-social-
experience - The rise of the internet.
www.freewebs.com/international-languages/ Global election of one
language.
forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/list/1607.page - Blog on one global
language.
www.whatissocialnetworking.com/ Information on social networking.
www.guardian.co.uk/media/socialnetworking Articles about social
networking.