Lingua franca

English language is a language globally recognised due to colonialism and western supremacy practiced throughout centuries. Specifically, in Singapore, English language attained supremacy due to colonialism, which promulgated English to be dominant as it was used to design legislatures in the island during the British occupation. In today’s society, English is preached for its economical benefits as it allows access to the global world, giving way for English language to maintain dominance in Singapore

Introduction People start learning foreign languages because of various reasons and for different purposes. But despite all their personal factors and goals, probably most of them will agree that at this time knowing foreign languages is very important. It can be because of the number of reasons. The first reason is that knowledge of a foreign language is a necessity nowadays. This factor may be applied to many learners, for example, students who have to pass their college entrance exams or it may

Over the last half century, the internationalisation of higher education has become a priority for many countries particularly in Asian regions. This has had a significant impact on the use of English as a medium of instruction worldwide. The following essay presents an overview of how English is used in higher education institutions in both Malaysia and China. It aims to assess why English holds such importance within their education systems which this will be done through the studying of implemented

New Guinea. In Papua New Guinea, education slowly evolved into a bilingual education (Malone, 2011). Malone suggests that a bilingual education was needed for Papua New Guinea because they have many different mother tongues and use English as a lingua franca (2011). They wanted students to learn some of the mother tongue

through words and phrases, pre-pidgin is developing. A pidgin develops as a new language when the original group or several groups of people begin using the pre-pidgin to communicate as the common language. The pidgin is then being used as the lingua franca (p. 233). Depending on the use of the language, there is also a restricted pidgin and expanded pidgin. Restricted pidgin is only used when necessary for communication and typically has small vocabulary and little grammar. Expanded pidgin is

According with Jean Piaget whose theory on child development has been a great influence in education; language development is the most important phase during the Preoperational stage of cognitive development. During this stage children develop and build up their knowledge and vocabulary by asking questions and expressing ideas through words, images and drawings. This stage is considerate to happen from two years of to seven years of age (Kendra Cherry). Language development has direct implications

Critical Analysis of the IELTS writing test I. Introduction I.1. Background English is systematically used as the lingua franca between persons no sharing the same native language. It is generally adopted as the first language by the majority populations of sovereign states, and is widely learned as a second language in most of the countries around the world. Recently, the number of overseas students willing to study in universities in English-speaking countries has significantly

“Every language is a temple, in which the soul of those who speak it is enshrined.”- Oliver Wendell Holmes Language is an art. An art is a language. To define language is the hardest thing on the earth because one needs a language to define language. Emotions and feelings are the elements used by the artist to express it to the nature. Mostly everything in this world has a day to celebrate it, same goes to language too. Yes, the month of December is known for “ National Learn A Foreign Language

To defined communication, we find definitions as follow: - According to Keyton (2011) defined Communication is the process of transmitting information and common understanding from one to another. - In the book Weekly (1967, p. 338) says that communication which is etymological related to both “communion” and “community”, comes from the Latin communicate, which means” to make common or “to share”.  - Or according to DeVito (1986) expanded on this, writing that communication is the process or

In the New Merriam-Webster Dictionary a speech community is defined as a socially distinct group that develops a dialect; a variety of language that diverges from the national language in vocabulary, pronunciation, and grammar. Gumperz, Dorian, Fishman, Labov, Hymes, and Corder helped define a speech community. This essay will touch on the basis of multiple aspects of a speech community depending on their similarities and differences as well as how the concepts of these speech communities relate