English around the world

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English around the world

What’s your mother-tongue?

Are you bilingual?Or even trilingual?

Latin 29%French 29%

Germanic 26%Greek 6%Other 6%Derived P.N. 4%

Origins of English

Officially official Anglosphere

Officially official but…

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Expanding Circle

Outer Circle

Inner Circle

UK, USA, Oceania

320 – 380 million

India, the Philippines, Singapore150 – 300

China, Japan, Germany100 – 1000 million (Kachru 1989)

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Current spread of English (topics)

• International organizations 85% make some official use of English

• Motion pictures in the mid 1990s, the US controlled about 85% of the world film market

• Popular music 99% of the pop groups listed in the

Penguin Encyclopaedia of Popular music work entirely in English

(Crystal 1997, 2003; Graddol 1997)

Current spread of English

International travel the US leads in tourism, earning and spending, international airports around the world have

essential information in English Publications more books are published in English than in any other language

(Crystal 1997, 2003; Graddol 1997)

Current spread of English (MM)

• Communications 80% of the world’s electronically stored information is in English, 84% of Internet servers are English-medium

• Education English plays a significant role in higher education, accessing information in a great variety of fields is dependent upon having reading ability in English

(Crystal 1997, 2003; Graddol 1997)

In the acquisition of an international language:

(Smith 1976)

• learners do not need to internalize native speakers’ cultural norms

• international language becomes ‘denationalised’

• the educational goal of learning is to enable learners to communicate their ideas and culture to others

CULTURE language

films

valuesbeliefs

music

religion

race

geographycustomsarts

clothing

food

Problems with traditional role of culture in EIL teaching

1. Which country should provide the basis for cultural content?

2. How will merely knowing about a culture help learners’ cross cultural encounters?

Kramsch’s goals for culture in language teaching

1. Establishing a ‘sphere of interculturality’

2. Teaching culture as difference

(from McKay 2002)

Cultural information in language materials

(Cortazzi and Jin 1999)

1. source culture materials – learner’s own culture

2. target culture materials – a country where English is spoken

3. international target culture materials – a variety of cultures in English and non-English speaking countries.

Learner’s own culture

Britain:A country where English is spoken

A variety of cultures

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ml3cKrUU0ME

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMWRKm_eQSQ

Something appetisingHumour & Cooking

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsZY6oi5GQs&feature=channel&list=UL

• ANIMALS:• Blowie, Chook, Joey, Jumbuck, Mozzie,

Roo, Saltie • PEOPLE• Greenie, Mate, Milko, Pom /pommy,

Sheila, Surfies, Swaggie, Swagman, • EXPRESSIONS/PLACES:• Fair dinkum, G'Day, Reckon! Ace! Arvo,

Outback, Oz, Uni, Billabong, Bush, Cranky

How to speak Aussie!

• Match up the idiom to the sport:• That’s not cricket!• Play it safe.• That’s well below par.• Hit for a six!• Put the ball in your court.• In the rough.• Let the ball do the work.• We’re facing a sticky wicket.• Kick off.• Well, I’m stumped!• Learn the ropes.• He was bowled over.• Well, that took the wind out of my sails.

South African Sporting Idioms

CRICKETTENNISSAILINGGOLFFOOTBALL

What word describes these Welsh ladies?

The word 'glamour' originates from ancient Welsh. Glamour was a paint applied to the face and body before going to battle! When we say someone has her 'war paint' on, we really mean it!

Glamorous

•Adder •Avon•Bard •Booth •Bow •Corgi •Druid •Penguin •Yew

•Welsh• afon•bardd•Neidr•pen gwyn•bwthyn•Bwa•ywen•cor, ci•derwydd

Welsh - English

Scottish dialect / Gaelic Match the words to the pictures:

• aye• bairn - child• ben• biggin• brig• burn • dram• glen• kirk• lassie• loch• wee

lassie

kirkbiggin

dram

glen

burn

brig

ben

loch

aye

bairn

Hungarian / English

How do you say...

CsárdásPaprikaAutóbuszGulyásGolyóstollKuvaszVizslaKomondorPuliHuszár

Oceania

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