China Under the background of economic globalization, the infiltration and integration of languages and cultures in every country is spreading. English, as a language spreading quickly, has been influencing almost every domain in Chinese modern daily life. China is the only country which preserves its own language with a history of more than 5,000 years; even so, it is faced with the challenge from other languages, especially English. From my perspective, the theory that there exists hegemony of English
English as Foreign Language (EFL) and English as Second Language (ESL). Literally, the difference between EFL and ESL are EFL is a UK term and ESL is American term. Despite a distinction between them are, EFL is a process of teaching English to non-native speaker in a non-English speaking country while ESL is a process of teaching English in an English speaking country to non-native speakers. Indonesia is categorized as a non-English speaking country, so English taught as a foreign language in the
In schools all over the country the first thing in the morning kids stand up, face the flag, and put their hand on their heart while they recite the Pledge of Allegiance. This has been a tradition in American schools since 1892 (US History). Some say it violates our freedom of speech or is a violation of church and state, while some say it should not be so much as forced, but an obligation to stand up, and say it in honor of our country. The Pledge of Allegiance should be recited in schools because
He calls this linguistic imperialism, a cultural correlate of political imperialism. In this case the dominating language is imposed on a people and on the indigenous languages and consequently the dominated language begins to experience functional loss and eventually shrink structurally. Phillipson’s main argument here is that the monolingual language policies favoring European languages are not accidental; they are part of the grand scheme by the former colonial powers to keep control of the territories
Introduction English is considered as a global language which is spoken by many people in most countries of the world. It is not only world's most widely used , but also as a leading language in education system when it comes to a second language learning. Speaking about the education system in Norway, the main second language taught in Norwegian schools today is English. This paper takes a closer look at an historical overview of English curricula in Norway, by focusing on some of the basic
1.4 Characteristics of Pupils Pupils come to school from various social and economic backgrounds and teachers are often not able to realize its impact on the pupil as a learner. Even if the teacher knows the family of the pupil and its situation, the teacher has little or only a small influence on it. Harmer (2015, p.81) asserts that “the age of our students is a major factor in our decisions about how and what to teach. People of different ages have different needs, competences and cognitive skills”
technique，the finance and culture has been globalized. English has generally been considered as a global language by the first and second dispersal (Wikipedia.2014). Consistent with the Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary (Oxford, 2010,p724), it means something is under control of another country or organization. Therefore language hegemony could refer to the phenomenon in which a foreign language enter into the country and become an urgent thing both in politics and finance. Finally it becomes a crucial
1. Introduction There are three key factors in language classes: learners, teachers and textbooks. The textbooks are the most viable and adaptable ones, being investigated and updated in the field. Richards (2001) highlighted the role of textbook materials as the main instructional materials in most language courses. Learners with various learning styles have different needs and interests. Therefore, a one-fit-all textbook cannot account for all existence diversity. Every learner may consider the
universally recognized as a global language and is the dominant language of business throughout the world, and as globalization takes place, English is expanding. There were periods of time in the past when speaking English as a second language was a marker of the elite, the upper-class, but nowadays it is an essential skill that everyone should have (Dorie, 2012). Frequently perceived by the younger population that do not speak English as their first language (L1), thoughts of speaking English
therefore do better at school, With regular reading, the child develops its mind; it develops language skills; it develops the imagination, and it also improves spelling (by learning to sound out words or letters) (Davis 2014). Reading also expands the child’s vocabulary and trough reading the child will discover new worlds (Davis 2014). The benefit of regular