Deutscher focuses on Whorf’s notion that “our mother tongue restricts what we are able to think” (Whorf 21). Deutscher who is an honorary research fellow at the University of Manchester revisits Whorf’s research and offers useful insights by providing current research on the subject. The article explores
Indian languages and considers English her mother tongue. This is fairly prevalent in Singapore whereby we see people of mixed-races, who don’t even have the habit of speaking either one of their mother tongue languages. English is after all the de facto lingua franca of today’s Singapore. Furthermore, race no longer determines the choice of second languages in school. Perhaps, now, we can see that Chinese is the current racial majority, making their mother tongue the dominant second language. For this
various forms over the years and affected the world in many ways. For native speakers in one way developed for good but in another had their language modified. Wherein the non-English speakers didn’t understand the importance of speaking English, when they already have their own mother tongue. All the doubts and loses are always a mystery to human kind. This essay talks about the reasons for English being considered as a global language and how its history has impacted in today’s world. The key point
Chinese. Amy Tan in her essay “Mother Tongue” recounts her past experiences with her mother’s broken English. Tan’s purpose is to signify how her mother’s tongue influenced her life, writing and speaking and express how language separates, unites, or isolates those who don’t speak the common way as well as others. She utilizes a nostalgic tone reflecting on her experiences to people who disparage people
first in India in Hindi hear his mother's loving lyrics. Hindi is the language of India. It is the language of our honor, dignity and pride. Hindi has given us a new identity in the world. Read: History of Hindi Diwas Hindi DiwasHindi Diwas and Its Importance Hindi Hindustan binds. Gandhi said it was the language of the masses of the Hindi-standing bid Amir Khusrau made his feelings through prep. But unfortunately it is not less than the thousands of Hindi writers made their Karmabhoomi that many freedom
“Globalization is the process by which businesses or other organizations develop international influence or start operating on an international scale.” (Reyes-Ruiz, 2010). Up until the late 1980’s, globalization was at an all-time low, a minimum. Each country maintained its own set of beliefs, traditions, cultures, and businesses mostly remained local or regional at most. Although it can be argued that this phenomenon of globalization has had its positive effects on economies, and perhaps helped
in English classrooms. More specifically, what are the English teachers’ perceptions toward using Persian in classroom in different institutes in Kermanshah? And also in what circumstances and for what purposes do they prefer to switch to the mother tongue. This chapter will focus on the literature that I found helpful to understand these questions 1) what are the supports for the monolingual approach; 2) what are the supports for the bilingual approach? 2.2. Historical Background The Classical
Fraser (2006, as cited in Mirzaei, Abdollahian and Ranjab, 2012) asserts that: “Pronunciation is of vital importance to the second or foreign language (L2) learning due to at least three reasons. First, it enhances comprehensibility. Second, when the finite number of sounds, sound clusters, and intonation patterns is mastered, it enables infinite use. Third, it is of great assistance to those who have integrative motivation since with native-like pronunciation they will not be marked as foreigners
In this essay, I will be reflecting on the findings from my group’s research project, firstly, focusing on the understanding of race and ethnicities in terms of the CMIO model, and how this racial classification through the CMIO model reflects a certain type of view of who Eurasians are and how the Eurasians have become marginalised. Summary of findings Based on my group’s findings, I was able to sieve out some interesting finding that almost one-third of the respondents were not aware able to
language while their native tongue is not English. Speaking English may have some positive and negative effects on those countries which English is not their original language. Although in many countries English is thought as a foreign language in schools and universities, some other countries used English as the Medium of Instruction (EMI). Even though some countries believe that English may not use as the Medium of Instruction because by using as EMI day by day the mother language will destroy and