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English as a Global Language Flashcards

Types of English

1
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ENL

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English as a native language (L1)

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EAL

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English as an additional language

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EFL

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English as a foreign language

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ELF

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English as a lingua franca

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ESOL

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English for speakers of other languages

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ESP

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English for specific/special purposes

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EAP

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English for academic purposes

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TEFL

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Teaching English as a foreign language.

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TESL

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Teaching English as a second language

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TESL

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Teaching English as a second language

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CEFR

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Common European Framework of References for languages.

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12
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L2A

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Second language acquisition

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13
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What did David Crystal said?

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There has been a language spoken by so many people in so many places

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Why English?

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A) British Empire (colonisation, commonwealth)

B) Dominance of the US after WW II (US as a political, economic and military superpower)

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15
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What happened in the Pre English Period?

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Celtic tribes

Roman occupation

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What happened in the Old English period and when was it?

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450-1150

Germanic invasion of germanic tribes (Anglo-Saxon, Jutes)

17
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What happened in the middle English period and when was it?

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1150-1500

Norman Conquest: Normans from France invade Britain

18
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Early modern English

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1500-1700

William Shakespeare

19
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What happened in the modern English period?when was it?

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1700- today

English as a global language

20
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What is meant by diachronic Linguistic?

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the study of language from the perspective of its development through time

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What is meant by synchronic Linguistic?

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The study of language of a chosen period

22
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The future of English. One language or many?

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The drive for international intelligibility –> Englisch as a Global Language
The drive for identity (political independence, maintenance of cultural identity)

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