English as a Global Language Flashcards
Types of English
ENL
English as a native language (L1)
EAL
English as an additional language
EFL
English as a foreign language
ELF
English as a lingua franca
ESOL
English for speakers of other languages
ESP
English for specific/special purposes
EAP
English for academic purposes
TEFL
Teaching English as a foreign language.
TESL
Teaching English as a second language
TESL
Teaching English as a second language
CEFR
Common European Framework of References for languages.
L2A
Second language acquisition
What did David Crystal said?
There has been a language spoken by so many people in so many places
Why English?
A) British Empire (colonisation, commonwealth)
B) Dominance of the US after WW II (US as a political, economic and military superpower)
What happened in the Pre English Period?
Celtic tribes
Roman occupation
What happened in the Old English period and when was it?
450-1150
Germanic invasion of germanic tribes (Anglo-Saxon, Jutes)
What happened in the middle English period and when was it?
1150-1500
Norman Conquest: Normans from France invade Britain
Early modern English
1500-1700
William Shakespeare
What happened in the modern English period?when was it?
1700- today
English as a global language
What is meant by diachronic Linguistic?
the study of language from the perspective of its development through time
What is meant by synchronic Linguistic?
The study of language of a chosen period
The future of English. One language or many?
The drive for international intelligibility –> Englisch as a Global Language
The drive for identity (political independence, maintenance of cultural identity)
