why english? 3rd largest, 1 billion norwegian is not a lingua franca
DESCRIPTION
WHAT IS ENGLISH? NATIONAL LANGUAGE LINGUA FRANCA COMMUNICATION INTERNATIONAL CULTURE SOCIAL LIFE POLITICAL DOMINANCE WORLD HISTORY STUDY LANGUAGE WORK LANGUAGE RESEARCH LANGUAGE LANGUAGE OF POLITICSTRANSCRIPT
WHY ENGLISH?
3RD LARGEST, 1 BILLION
Norwegian is not a «lingua franca»
EN GLISH IS N OT ALL AB O UT SHAKESPEARE!
WHAT IS ENGLISH?
NATIONAL LANGUAGE
LINGUA FRANCA
COMMUNICATION
INTERNATIONAL CULTURE
SOCIAL LIFE
POLITICAL DOMINANCE
WORLD HISTORY
STUDY LANGUAGE
WORK LANGUAGE
RESEARCH LANGUAGE
LANGUAGE OF POLITICS
A GOAL IN ITSELF?
INTERCULTURAL COMPETENCE
ADVANCED VOCABULARY?
AN EXAMPLE OF CULTURAL
MISUNDERSTANDINGS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Z_3AhZh8Y0
VG2:
INTERNATIONAL ENGLISH
STRUCTURE
VG3:
ENGLISH SOCIAL STUDIES
ENGLISH LITERATURE AND CULTURE
LANGUAGE LEARNING
COMMUNICATION
CULTURE, SOCIETY AND LITERATURE
BASIC SKILLS
BEING ABLE TO READ
BEING ABLE TO EXPRESS ONESELF ORALLY
EXPRESSING ONESELF IN WRITING
NUMERACY
WELCOME!