The document summarizes information from a text about declining languages worldwide. It states that according to the source Ethnologue, there were 7,102 languages spoken globally in 2017, but that number has declined to 7,099 as of 2018. Some key reasons provided for the decline are the lack of language education for children, the death of existing native speakers, and the overwhelming impact of European settlement over centuries. The document estimates that at least 3,000 languages, almost half of currently known ones, may be lost within the next 100 years based on current circumstances.
Short presentation about the role of English within the countries of the European Union. Including a discussion on 'Euro-English' as a (possibly) emerging new variety of English.
Short presentation about the role of English within the countries of the European Union. Including a discussion on 'Euro-English' as a (possibly) emerging new variety of English.
English as a native, second, foreing language and lingua francaUTPL UTPL
UNIVERSIDAD TÉCNICA PARTICULAR DE LOJA
Inglés
Intruduction applied language
Tema: English as a native, second, foreing language and lingua franca
Ponente: Mgs. Nina Nesterenko.
nnesterenko@utpl.edu.ec
A discussion on the emergence of World Englishes - varieties other than the US or UK standards and the proposition of Global English as a lingua franca. The implications of these issues on English Language Teaching are consequently considered.
English as a native, second, foreing language and lingua francaUTPL UTPL
UNIVERSIDAD TÉCNICA PARTICULAR DE LOJA
Inglés
Intruduction applied language
Tema: English as a native, second, foreing language and lingua franca
Ponente: Mgs. Nina Nesterenko.
nnesterenko@utpl.edu.ec
A discussion on the emergence of World Englishes - varieties other than the US or UK standards and the proposition of Global English as a lingua franca. The implications of these issues on English Language Teaching are consequently considered.
Assignment Sheet: Annotated Bibliography
Audience: Classmates
Genre: The Annotated Bibliography
Purpose: To find in the databases, summarize and evaluate 8 – 10 potential sources, such as articles from journals, documentary films and scholarly/academic materials; this is for the purpose of identifying the best sources for supporting evidence for your argumentation/research paper.
Format: 12pt Font, Times New Roman, Double-spaced,
Follow MLA style. For more information, See Purdue Owl on annotated bibliographies. https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/
**Please put your topic and your argument, expressed in a thesis statement, at the top of your annotated bibliography (before the header).
Directions: After reading Writing Today pg. 296-297 and consulting the Purdue OWL on the Annotated Bibliography, use the TSU library databases to find 8 – 10 potential sources for reading to be informed on your argumentation topic. After each bibliographic entry, write a short summary of each. Consult the following sample annotated bib as a guide:
Annotated Bibliography
Chopin, Kate. Complete Novels and Stories. New York: Library of America, 2002. Print. Chopin's short story collections 'A Night in Acadie' and 'Bayou
Folk', found with other writings here, reflect the Acadian and Creole
cultures of the southern Louisiana region. I will use the cultural
information in the stories, as well as Chopin's treatment of them, to
illuminate ways in which the people of the region were separate or removed
from the white upper class Creoles of New Orleans during the period
portrayed in The Awakening.
Gladu, Andre, dir. Maroon: On the Trail of Creoles in North America. 2005. National Film Board of Canada. DVD. The film traces the history of the
Creole people of North America, focusing primarily on the Louisiana region,
and reveals the African escaped-slave (maroon), American Indian and Acadian origins of Creole culture. Director Gladu argues that white Acadian, or French-speaking, Creoles have used the cultural identification term, though Creoles are more markedly a product of black 'maroon' and indigenous influences. I will use the content of the film to illuminate the cultural gap between the upper-class white Creole society into which Edna Pontellier has married and the poor and working class Creoles she visits throughout the novel.
Hornung, Alfred. "'Unstoppable' Creolization: The Evolution of the South into a
Transnational Cultural Space." American Literature 78.4 (2006): 859-867.
Print. Hornung reviews three books in this exploration of creolization n
the Southern United States. He looks at literature and folk literature and
particularly identifies the Spanish and African influences on the
literature of Creole cultures of the Southern United State. I plan to use
this article to fortify the definitions of creole and creolization I put
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Operation “Blue Star” is the only event in the history of Independent India where the state went into war with its own people. Even after about 40 years it is not clear if it was culmination of states anger over people of the region, a political game of power or start of dictatorial chapter in the democratic setup.
The people of Punjab felt alienated from main stream due to denial of their just demands during a long democratic struggle since independence. As it happen all over the word, it led to militant struggle with great loss of lives of military, police and civilian personnel. Killing of Indira Gandhi and massacre of innocent Sikhs in Delhi and other India cities was also associated with this movement.
Normal Labour/ Stages of Labour/ Mechanism of LabourWasim Ak
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Biological screening of herbal drugs: Introduction and Need for
Phyto-Pharmacological Screening, New Strategies for evaluating
Natural Products, In vitro evaluation techniques for Antioxidants, Antimicrobial and Anticancer drugs. In vivo evaluation techniques
for Anti-inflammatory, Antiulcer, Anticancer, Wound healing, Antidiabetic, Hepatoprotective, Cardio protective, Diuretics and
Antifertility, Toxicity studies as per OECD guidelines
June 3, 2024 Anti-Semitism Letter Sent to MIT President Kornbluth and MIT Cor...Levi Shapiro
Letter from the Congress of the United States regarding Anti-Semitism sent June 3rd to MIT President Sally Kornbluth, MIT Corp Chair, Mark Gorenberg
Dear Dr. Kornbluth and Mr. Gorenberg,
The US House of Representatives is deeply concerned by ongoing and pervasive acts of antisemitic
harassment and intimidation at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Failing to act decisively to ensure a safe learning environment for all students would be a grave dereliction of your responsibilities as President of MIT and Chair of the MIT Corporation.
This Congress will not stand idly by and allow an environment hostile to Jewish students to persist. The House believes that your institution is in violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, and the inability or
unwillingness to rectify this violation through action requires accountability.
Postsecondary education is a unique opportunity for students to learn and have their ideas and beliefs challenged. However, universities receiving hundreds of millions of federal funds annually have denied
students that opportunity and have been hijacked to become venues for the promotion of terrorism, antisemitic harassment and intimidation, unlawful encampments, and in some cases, assaults and riots.
The House of Representatives will not countenance the use of federal funds to indoctrinate students into hateful, antisemitic, anti-American supporters of terrorism. Investigations into campus antisemitism by the Committee on Education and the Workforce and the Committee on Ways and Means have been expanded into a Congress-wide probe across all relevant jurisdictions to address this national crisis. The undersigned Committees will conduct oversight into the use of federal funds at MIT and its learning environment under authorities granted to each Committee.
• The Committee on Education and the Workforce has been investigating your institution since December 7, 2023. The Committee has broad jurisdiction over postsecondary education, including its compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, campus safety concerns over disruptions to the learning environment, and the awarding of federal student aid under the Higher Education Act.
• The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is investigating the sources of funding and other support flowing to groups espousing pro-Hamas propaganda and engaged in antisemitic harassment and intimidation of students. The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is the principal oversight committee of the US House of Representatives and has broad authority to investigate “any matter” at “any time” under House Rule X.
• The Committee on Ways and Means has been investigating several universities since November 15, 2023, when the Committee held a hearing entitled From Ivory Towers to Dark Corners: Investigating the Nexus Between Antisemitism, Tax-Exempt Universities, and Terror Financing. The Committee followed the hearing with letters to those institutions on January 10, 202
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3. Aim:
At the end of the lesson students will be able to talk about world
languages and express their own ideas.
Objectives:
• Develop reading skill by reading a small text about the world languages.
- Determining own soft skills.
- Using clauses of reason.
- Making sentences using the conjunctions.
- Expressing own ideas and agreeing or disagreeing
• Develop writing skill by writing some sentences using conjunctions.
• Enrich vocabulary helping them to write about languages.
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4. International Mother Language Day is
celebrated every year on the 21st of February.
What language do the
Mongolian people speak?
What language do the Russian
people speak?
11/8/2019 4
11. 2b. Complete the sentences. Use the words from
exercise 2a.
1. A language is related to its . . . culture, tradition and people.
2. A . . . of aboriginal people speak in their indigenous language in
Australia.
3. The . . . majority of people tend to use abbreviations on social
network.
4. The new publication titled “Regulatory Dictionary of Spelling Rules
in the Mongolian Language” has made a great contribution on some . . .
about lingual use.
5. . . . discussion on native language extinction should be made.
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12. 2b. Check your answers.
1. A language is related to its indigenous culture, tradition and people.
2. A handful of aboriginal people speak in their indigenous language in
Australia.
3. The overwhelming majority of people tend to use abbreviations on
social network.
4. The new publication titled “Regulatory Dictionary of Spelling Rules
in the Mongolian Language” has made a great contribution on some
uncertainty about lingual use.
5. Extensive discussion on native language extinction should be made.
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13. 3a. Read the text and summarise what it is about?
What does the publication Ethnologue: Languages of the
World tell us about? As one of the most extensive catalogues of
the languages in the world, it gives updated information each year
on how many languages there are, and how many people speak
each language. According to Ethnologue, there were 7,102 known
languages spoken by people around the world in 2017. Sadly, this
number declines every year.
As of 2018, Ethnologue reports that there are now only
7,099 languages in the world. That’s three fewer languages than
last year. In Asia alone, there are 2,296 languages spoken; in
Africa 2,139; the Americas 1,062; the Pacific 1,313; and in
Europe 287 languages.
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14. The exact number of languages spoken has always been
surrounded by uncertainty. This is partly due to the fact that there are
still many parts of the world that have not yet been fully explored,
including the Amazon and the highlands of New Guinea.
As mentioned, the number of known languages is constantly
declining. But why? A key factor is education. When a language stops
being taught to young children, its rate of survival drops rapidly.
Another reason languages fail to survive is due to the death of the
current native speakers.
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15. An example of this can be seen in North America, where 165
indigenous languages exist. Only eight of these languages are spoken
by 10,000 people and approximately 75 languages are spoken by only a
handful of mature aged people . What else can be concluded but that
they will soon become extinct? This rapid decline in indigenous
languages is due to the overwhelming effect of European settlement
over the past 500 years. In Australia, more than 100 aboriginal
languages have become extinct since European settlers arrived. Based
on current circumstances, linguists are now able to estimate that at least
3,000 languages will be lost within the next century. That’s almost half
of today’s known languages!
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16. 3b. Read the text again carefully. Answer the
following questions.
1. What is the main purpose of the text?
2. According to the text, what is ethnology?
3. What are the reasons for the decline in the number of known
languages?
4. What does the phrase an example of this in paragraph 5 refer to?
5. What will happen to the number of languages within the next
century?
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17. 3b. Check your answers.
1. To give us information about language decline.
2. Ethnology is a catalogue of the languages in the world.
3. There are three reasons: education, death of native speakers and
European settlement.
4. It refers a reason of language decline.
5. Almost half of known languages will disappear within the next
century.
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18. Clauses of reason
• Clauses of reason are used to express the reason for something. They are
introduced with:
• 1. due to the fact that + clause
• Mother Language Day is celebrated due to the fact that
Object Verb
we aim to preserve native languages.
Clause(subject + verb + object)
Note: The meaning is the same as ‘because + clause’
• 2. due to + noun
• Mother Language Day has been celebrated due to the aim of preserving
Object Verb Noun
native language.
Note: The meaning is similar to ‘because of + noun’.
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19. 4b. Sentence analysis: Look back at the text and
work on the followings.
1. Find two suitable sentences for each grammar point.
2. Identify the use of each sentence.
3. Read it again and compare your answers with those of other students.
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20. 4b. Check your answers.
1. This is party due to the fact that there are still many parts of the world
clause
that have not yet been fully explored, including the Amazon and the
highlands of New Guinea.
2. Another reason languages fail to survive is due to
the death of the current native speakers.
noun phrase
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21. 4c. Underline the correct choice to complete each
sentence.
Example: English is taught in schools because / because of it is the
official language in Britain.
1. My grandfather speaks in local dialect because / because of he loves it.
2. Because / Due to language extinction, all knowledge of the language will
disappear.
3. Linguists work with communities around the world because of / because
languages are in danger.
4. We celebrate Mother Language Day at school because / because of a
language is a part of culture.
5. Language policies are adopted due to / because the aim protecting and
promoting multilingualism.
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22. 4c. Check your answers.
1. My grandfather speaks in local dialect because he loves it.
2. Due to language extinction, all knowledge of the language will
disappear.
3. Linguists work with communities around the world because
languages are in danger.
4. We celebrate Mother Language Day at school because a language is a
part of culture.
5. Language policies are adopted due to the aim protecting and
promoting multilingualism.
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23. Homework: 4d. Complete the sentences.
Example: They built a language school because of the fact that . . . .
They built a language school because of the fact that their native
language is about to die.
1. Researchers make audiotapes and written records of language use due to the fact
that . . . .
2. Linguists are trying to learn about languages because of the fact that . . . .
3. A number of known languages are constantly declining due to the fact that . . .
4. English has been spreading through the internet because of the fact that . . . .
5. Many foreign languages have been taught at school due to the fact that . . .
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