Go global with English

1. Why is English important?
2. What is the Global Society?
Go Global with English – Andrew Vivian

Why is English important?
* English as a Global Language – David Crystal, Google books, P.4, P.65
** http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_language#English_as_a_global_language

How do we learn English?

How quickly can we learn English?
http://www.soon.org.uk/page23.htm

Students from some countries learn English more slowly - cultural
differences and language differences play a large part in this.
1.Countries with a very different language & culture e.g.
Korea, Brazil, African countries, Arab countries.
2.Countries with a very different language but an international
culture e.g. Japan, Finland
3.European countries where English is little used e.g. France,
Spain, Italy
4.European countries where English is important e.g.
Switzerland, Germany
5.Western European countries where English is widely spoken
e.g. Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Holland

Students whose mother tongue has a non-roman alphabet
are often slower learners at first. Mistakes based on your first
language are greater where the language is very different
e.g. Japanese or Korean, or where it is very similar but
differences are culturally important e.g. Spanish &
Portuguese.
1.Languages or dialects which you do not normally write
down
2.Languages with a non-roman way of writing e.g. Korean,
Arabic, Thai, Japanese
3.Non-European languages with a roman alphabet
4.Romance languages e.g. French, Spanish, Italian
5.Languages from the Germanic family e.g. German,
Norwegian, Dutch, Danish

In general, older students learn more slowly and younger
students faster.
1. 50+
2. 40-50
3. 30-40
4. 20-30
5. under 20

Your reason for learning will affect how fast you will learn.
1. 'My parents want me to'.
2. 'To go on holiday to an English speaking country' OR 'To
write to a penpal'.
3. 'It's my hobby' OR 'I need it for my job'.
4. 'To pass an exam' OR 'My employer wants me to learn
English'.
5. 'My husband/wife/girlfriend/boyfriend speaks English'.

People with a history of learning languages learn faster than
those without.
1. No.
2. I studied a language at school.
3. I have already learned one language as an adult.
4. I have already learned two or more languages as an adult.
OR I am fluent in at least one foreign language.
5. I am fluent in two or more languages.

Students who have studied more tend to learn faster as they
start to remember what they learned before.
1. No.
2. I have only studied on my own.
3. I recently studied English at school in my country.
4. I took a full-time course in English recently.
5. I passed an English exam recently.

Students who have been in an English-speaking country longer
have become accustomed to hearing English and will learn faster.
1. Never.
2. One or two weeks.
3. A month at least.
4. A few months.
5. More than 6 months.

People may prefer to learn fast, others to learn slowly. Some
people have more confidence.
1. Very slowly.
2. Slower than average.
3. Average speed.
4. Faster than average.
5. Fast.

Students with a background of 'academic' study will learn faster.
1. I want to learn grammar and vocabulary on my own.
2. I want to have a teacher to tell me what to do.
3. I want to learn in a class with other students.
4. I learn by talking to my friends.
5. I learn by talking with people who speak English well.

1. None.
2. A little.
3. Some.
4. Quite a lot.
5. A lot.

If you have scored over 35 you are very likely to
learn fast and you are probably not a Beginner. You
probably enjoy learning and will be successful
quickly.
If you have scored between 20 and 35 you are
very likely be an average learner - you will need
to work hard but within a few months you will
have learned a lot.
If you have scored between 10 and 20 you will
find it much harder to learn - it may take you a
long time to learn - up to a year. Be patient and
keep practising!
Results

English is an easy language to start learning
because:
• it has no genders.
• it usually has easy verb endings. Apart from a
few 'irregular' verbs, verb endings are easy, and
hardly change.
• adjectives remain the same for all words - there
are no different endings to learn.
• the singular and plural pronoun 'you' is the
same. There is no need to decide whether to use a
polite form, or an intimate form

Verbs:
I walk,
you walk,
he/she
walks,
we walk,
they walk
I am,
you are,
he/she is,
we are,
they are

The difficult parts of English are:
• the spelling of a word may not show what the
pronunciation (way of saying) the word is
• because English came from two main sources -
old French, and old Anglo-Saxon, there is a very
large vocabulary of words
• native English speakers use a lot of idioms, that
is - words used in a way which is not their obvious
meaning.

Spelling and pronunciation:
would
wood
through
threw
though
tough

Common English mistakes:
“the” is not “te” or “de”
Stuff/Staff
Agenda
Target
Mayor/Major/Majority
Colleague

Common English mistakes:
Plurals: most English words
add “s” if more than one
Exceptions:
Sheep
Equipment
Fish
Stuff
Staff
Articles: “a”, “an”, “the”
Ownership: ‘s shows
ownership, or a
missing letter
The teacher’s bag
It’s = it is
Don’t = do not

The Global Society
- the 21st Century

The Global Society
- the 21st Century
From: “The World is Flat” by Thomas Friedman
Globalisation 1.0 (19th Century):
Countries had to think globally to succeed

The Global Society
- the 21st Century
Globalisation 2.0 (20th Century):
Companies had to think globally to succeed

The Global Society
- the 21st Century
Globalisation 3.0 (21st Century):
Individuals have to think globally to succeed

The Global Society
- the 21st Century
Globalisation 3.0 (21st Century):
Individuals have to think globally to succeedYou

In the 21st Century,
people will change jobs and careers
Successful people need to show
•excellent technical skills
• flexible thinking
• self motivation

Global Quiz Who is this?

Global Quiz Where is this?

Global Quiz What is this?

A Global Citizen
is aware of the wider world and has a sense of their own role as a world
citizen;
respects and values diversity;
has an understanding of how the world works economically, politically,
socially, culturally, technologically and environmentally;
is outraged by social injustice;
participates in and contributes to the community at a range of levels from
local to global;
is willing to act to make the world a more sustainable place;
takes responsibility for their actions.
Oxfam - 1997

Go global with English

Recommandé

Recommandé

Contenu connexe

Tendances

Tendances (19)

En vedette

En vedette (8)

Similaire à Go global with English

Similaire à Go global with English (20)

Dernier

Dernier (20)

Go global with English