Varieties of the English language
In my presentation,
I said something about the English as a Lingua Franca AND then I said some
general information
about the EF English index report from 2014. Then I went
over to the countries I choose: China, Guatemala and Italy.
about the EF English index report from 2014. Then I went
over to the countries I choose: China, Guatemala and Italy.
Lingua
franca
A lingua
franca also called a bridge language, trade language, or vehicular language, is
a language systematically used to make communication possible between persons
not sharing a native language, in particular when it is a third language,
distinct from both native languages.
language, or vehicular language, is
a language systematically used to make communication possible between persons
not sharing a native language, in particular when it is a third language,
distinct from both native languages.
A number of
linguists have suggested that this is not necessarily the case. If English is
your only language, you may not have had much practice in thinking about and
trying to avoid the grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation that speakers of
other languages may not be familiar with. If, however, you have grown up or
lived in a multilingual community, or put a lot of effort into learning an
additional language, you might have had more practice at monitoring and
accommodating speakers of other languages and be better at ELF.
of
linguists have suggested that this is not necessarily the case. If English is
your only language, you may not have had much practice in thinking about and
trying to avoid the grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation that speakers of
other languages may not be familiar with. If, however, you have grown up or
lived in a multilingual community, or put a lot of effort into learning an
additional language, you might have had more practice at monitoring and
accommodating speakers of other languages and be better at ELF.
EF English
Index Report
Contains 5 levels:
Very high
proficiency
High
proficiency
Moderate
proficiency
Low
proficiency
Very low
proficiency
These levels says something about how good English the people in the country has.
The purpouse of the report is to compare for example 2009 with 2014, and see how the countries has improved.
Italy
EF EPI
FIRST EDITION: 49.05
EF EPI
FOURTH EDITION: 52.80
SCORE
CHANGE: +3.75
: +3.75
27th place
Guatemala
EF EPI
FIRST EDITION: 47.80
EF EPI
FOURTH EDITION: 45.77
SCORE
CHANGE: -2.03
: -2.03
51th place
China
EF EPI
FIRST EDITION: 47.62
EF EPI
FOURTH EDITION: 50.15
SCORE
CHANGE: +2.53
37th place
The things that are characteristics about the countries is:
Italy
O- Ending
No
diphthongs
No H
Rolling on
the R
China
Big in trading
Trending up
up
In
2016 they are going to reduce the weight of the English section of the college
entrance exam.
of the English section of the college
entrance exam.
Guatemala
No eduacation
Bad English
Sources:
The EF EPI
2014 report
http://media.ef.com/__/~/media/centralefcom/epi/v4/downloads/full-reports/ef-epi-2014-english.pdf
/full-reports/ef-epi-2014-english.pdf
“Who speaks English?”
http://www.economist.com/blogs/johnson/2011/04/english?utm_source=feedburner
“The days of English as the world’s second
language may (slowly) be ending”
may (slowly) be ending”
http://www.economist.com/blogs/johnson/2011/04/english?utm_source=feedburner
http://www.englishlinguafranca.com/what-is-elf/
All downloaded 19th of November 2014
Content: Your intro is fine - when you write about the specific countries, you start out saying something about grammar and pronunciation, which is fine - why didn't you do this with the two following languages too?
SvarSlettGrammar and vocab:
These levels says something about how good English the people in the country has. = these levels say...people in the country have.
How the countries has = have
The things that are characteristics about the countries is: = ...countries are