tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23225434985875550382024-03-05T07:02:30.191-08:00Discovering Languages in the Worldmcarmenjhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10164794406380169999noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2322543498587555038.post-26272713301131505542009-01-27T09:47:00.000-08:002009-01-27T09:56:44.631-08:00English in Chinatown<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq4F5-PRv_Oe-hWbAPN6asnoNNYT_DW8MZDXMK1cH4w0JPjRJmUk9o2aok5DfcR3TgZxMQu9yrncctwvpFJreZd3_tfCEXWn9gE48Chyfl1V08hvWCImr4m_ShkwBvEp-qB145xHYebNkO/s1600-h/Chinatown.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 212px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq4F5-PRv_Oe-hWbAPN6asnoNNYT_DW8MZDXMK1cH4w0JPjRJmUk9o2aok5DfcR3TgZxMQu9yrncctwvpFJreZd3_tfCEXWn9gE48Chyfl1V08hvWCImr4m_ShkwBvEp-qB145xHYebNkO/s320/Chinatown.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296032853460576162" /></a><br /><br />As you can see, English is the universal language of the world. The Chinese speak in English if they want to communicate with other people in the world. Have you ever thought about that?mcarmenjhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10164794406380169999noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2322543498587555038.post-30832783051566039862009-01-27T09:22:00.000-08:002009-01-27T09:31:27.234-08:00Flags of the World<object width="340" height="285"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/w8E5dIHBFYI&hl=es&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x006699&color2=0x54abd6&border=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/w8E5dIHBFYI&hl=es&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x006699&color2=0x54abd6&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="340" height="285"></embed></object><br /><br />You should name the different flags that appear in the video.mcarmenjhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10164794406380169999noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2322543498587555038.post-72393913575006821272009-01-19T07:15:00.000-08:002009-01-21T07:39:16.184-08:00English as a Lingua Franca<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHEDuGp6tWN2KKGcf14ocwybLcyjCPuzj9nGVRU3SQ2NnpKtIB1dPb6B0eSH7Vejsdu3EPcL-Cr3P9eFIx3PQfJut_v7XcdCkMdmQjbsMpfh08y5HnZb7kn4gREcc8ZVZjARXSp3FJH-Ry/s1600-h/Nacionalities.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293771948191783346" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHEDuGp6tWN2KKGcf14ocwybLcyjCPuzj9nGVRU3SQ2NnpKtIB1dPb6B0eSH7Vejsdu3EPcL-Cr3P9eFIx3PQfJut_v7XcdCkMdmQjbsMpfh08y5HnZb7kn4gREcc8ZVZjARXSp3FJH-Ry/s320/Nacionalities.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">English is the world's most important language for some reasons we are going to analyse:<br /></span></div><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">On the one hand, English is the everyday language of most inhabitants in many countries which were former British colonies (<span style="font-family:arial;">The USA, India, Australia, Canada, Kenya...) or where British spread control at one time or another (Afghanistan, China, Egypt...). Together with this, most African states are English speaking, either to unify the country as a main means of communication between the tribes or for day-to-day business dealings.</span></span></div><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"></span></div><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Therefore,</span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"> English is a lingua franca, that is to say, the language adopted for local communication over an area in which several languages are spoken. It is the second most spoken language of the world.</span> </span></div><br /><div align="justify"></div>mcarmenjhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10164794406380169999noreply@blogger.com0