How English language become so big ?
Category : Language
Title of the video : The second lecture in The Universal Language series looks at how English has become the most successful lingua franca in human history.
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By Konstantin Andreev
1 Before
watching the video : In your
opinion, how English became the first language in the world ?
English is present all over the world.
United states are very powerful, with a lot of influence, and : they speak English.
2 Right or wrong ?
The
presenter is Russian Right
He
is an English teacher Right
He
said there is more native English speakers than others English speakers Wrong
3 How many factors made of English a
world language ?
There is 7 factors
4 What are the seven factors ?
Economic interest
Political power
Number of native speaker
Access to learning
Cultural prestige
Ideology
New technology
5 What is lingua
franca ?
It’s an old common language
from Mediterranean (people Arab, French and Italian). It permitted to merchants
to communicate. It had an economist interest.
6 In Ireland, what is the other
official language ? How many percent speak it ?
Less than 2% use Irish Gaelic to
communicate
7 What are England’s colonies ?
Ireland
India 18e century
Caribbean
17e century
South Africa around 1800
North America after 1620
Australia
1788
8 Right or Wrong ?
America is independent in 1766 Wrong
American population increase a lot
between 18e and 19e century Right
America dominate the world Right
9 How English
language became popular ?
English became popular with native speakers and especially thanks to others speakers of this language
10 Today, how many people speak English
as their first language ?
330 million
people
11 What is the largest country where
English has an official status ?
India (not united states)
12 Right or wrong ?
In India school is English Right
In India school is English Right
India uses English as a second
language Right
Indian people are descendants of English
people Wrong
13 “You want
to get access to learning, you have to speak English”, How interpret
this sentence ?
In the video, the presenter talk about indian children who need to speak english at school.
We can interpret.
English is so present ! At home : TV series, technologies ; At work : if you speak english, the manager hire right now. English is very important on job market.
14 What is culture influence of English
speakers in 1980 ?
A lot of influence because it’s the
beginning of : pop music, rock n roll, movies, actors, super heroes, singers,
coca cola…
15 In
your opinion, what is American culture ?
A lot of cliché : fast food, Statue of Liberty, dollar, American way of life, success, democracy, uncle Sam, peace and love, cow boy, Bob Dylan, Woodstock, surf.
16 What
kind of new technology English people created ?
Telephone;
sound recording ; airplane ;sound film; mobil phone; computer ; internet;
social networks
17 What
is Akkadian ?
It’s one of
the older language who exist, one of the first writing system. Akkadian was
born in Mesopotamia. It was cuneiform inscription on tablets. It’s a form of
technology.
18 If
there was an universal language, do you think it would be English ?
Yes, this language is on every continent. it is very famous thanks to its culture : music, TV series, movies, celebrities... It is not too difficult to learn (if we compare to chinese).
19 Now
you watch the video, your answer at the question 1 is different ?
Yes, now i know english is so present thanks to colonies (I never thought to colonies) and all this speakers.
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