Wednesday, November 17, 2010

The future status of English as the global language is assured

Nowadays, there are many languages around the world such as: Spanish, English, Japanese, Chinese, German, Arabic, and others, each one is important in each culture. But also we know the English is a truly global language crossing many international boundaries and it is popular. But everybody knows, it has risks as well. So we have a interesting points of discussion because English is important but also it can have effect above the culture in some countries.

The major reason as to why the English language is so popular is down to its simplicity and flexibility,English is pretty simple to use, with clear grammatical rules governing nouns, verbs, adjectives, but sometimes it can become weird for people who stars to learn this language .The main feature of the English language that has made is so popular globally, is the language’s adaptability. The English language has taken on words from many other languages and cultures, giving it its great diversity. By learning English, you can get a better job, have a better career but more importantly, keep up-to-date with world events and developments

However the important reasons about the English as global language we have some effects around the world and this problem is the culture. People think the culture can be lost. In spite, English has very opportunities around the world we should considered about our own culture because when we learn another language we can also learn about its culture and stuff so is kind of weird.

In conclusion, everybody know about the huge importance of English but also they know about the risk as a global language. It helps in business and in the economies in some countries but if we learn as other languages it will more perfect because no body feels guilty in change her/his culture for a language. I know is important to learn because in some of parts the world the people speak and it gives good opportunities and if the people want to improve their life style should do your best and get everything they want.



english as the global language

Today most of the people think of English as the global language. It is said that 1.8 billion people speak English. Even in French or Japan, where there are a lot of people who don’t want to use it, the number of English speaker has been increasing. So here is a debate whether English should be a global language or we should have global language. Although some people disagree with that tendency for some reasons, we should have the global language and in the long run it would give us benefits.

Opponents of English as the global language claim that English would destroy cultures. They think that if English is used mainly in non English-speaking countries, they will lose their culture with their own language because they are well-connected. But I think to be able to speak other language, our feelings that we belong to our country would get strong, because if you touch other culture by using English you would often start to think of your own culture at the same time. Until we know other culture, we never know what our culture is, or after we understand other culture we start to notice how our culture is made. Moreover, we have intention to have self identity. Then noticing our culture we tend to make much of their own culture. So rather than lose culture, English make each culture more important.

Opponent also say that to start to use English in the company would make employee confused and then it is not efficient for companies. This is now often discussed in Japan

because a famous company, Uniqlo, started to use English as a official language in the company. It is true that a lot of people cannot catch up with the sudden change and efficiency might decline. But the fact is that the market in just one country has been shrinking and many people know that we have to see overseas markets. Also to negotiate, compete and win there, we cannot make it without English. So some confusion might happen for several years, but in the long run it give great advantage to company which will fight in overseas-market.

 In conclusion, opponent look at just small part of result from using English as the global language. If you think of the future not near future, it would give us a lot of benefits.

The future status of English as the global language is assured

Most people in western countries speak English as first language and other countries over the world speak and learn English as their second language. Now, English is the global language undoubtedly, but will it still be the global language in the future is a question. While some people say that the economy of China is booming very fast now and China will be the strongest country in the future so Mandarin must be the global language in the world instead of English, I still believe that the future status of English as the global language is assured.
There are some reasons people think English will not be the global language. First, English is difficult to learn because the words change frequently. Second, except English-speaking countries, most people in the world don’t speak English in their daily life which means English is not used. Last, because of the economy of China is growing now, people think Mandarin (Chinese) will replace English and become the world language in the future. However, the change in English is in words not in grammar. Also, there are rules for word changing. As following these rules, it is not a big deal to learn English. Moreover, although most of the population of the world does not speak English, it is still considered as the common language which people can only communicate with when they speak different languages. Furthermore, it may be true that China will be the strongest country after and Mandarin will become an important language, but Mandarin will probably only become one of the global languages instead of replacing English as the global language.
Therefore, in my opinion, I agree with the future status of English as the global language is assured. Many people keep learning English because they consider English as the global language as well.

Wednesday, November 10, 2010

I think English is easy to learn, but difficult to master. In English you can use "it" for every inanimate words as a pronoun regardless of their gender. However, its grammar, change of verbs, and match between spelling and pronunciation is so complicated. As a result, it takes a lot of time to use it perfectly. ( A world empire by other means, par.2 ).


Practice 6

Summary
English is spoken by almost everyone as first, second, even third language. Because It is the language of globalization. Although the english sometime can become easy there are some tricks in this language such as : the grammar bizarre, hard spelling and pronunciation a nightmare. There are different kinds of version about English even the english speakers may have trouble understanding each other. That's why English is easy to learn but difficult to master. (Economist.com)

Monday, November 1, 2010

Two sports: Soccer and Swimming

The sports are an amusing way to stay healthy and fitness, it requires competition with oneself or with the other ones and to have a group of defined and specific rules .Is a good way to make exercise and get some fun too, people have a big variety of sports to practice such as: American Football, Tennis, Soccer , Swimming. But also, there are outstanding sports it is known as soccer and swimming. These can be too different and alike as well

One obvious difference is the field where people practice these sports. Soccer is played in a stadium and the players play with a ball also; the team is confirmed by eleven players. It is a sport played between two teams. In contrast, Swimming is practiced in a pool, the pool depends of the tournament, and it can be 50 m or 25 m.

Other areas of difference between Soccer and Swimming involve issues about competition that is, about tournaments, because Soccer has a lot of tournaments, it depends of the country or the continent for example, in South America there are different kinds of tournaments such as: Libertadores and Sudamericana Cup, in Europe there are another ones such as : Champions League, UEFA, SPL and the most important around the world known as World Cup is played every four years in different places in around the world. It join different countries and different cultures because is the most important tournament trough the history. In contrast, swimming spends less time in tournaments because this one depends of season, it has two major seasons. During the short course season, swimmers swim in 25 yard pools. This season lasts from September to the end of March. The long course season is swum in 50 meter Olympic pools and lasts from April to the end of August.

A final difference between these sports is the kind of clothing because in Soccer the players wear t-shirt, short and special shoes. And for Swimming everybody has to use swimsuit, swimming goggles and swimming cap. In many cases the type of clothing is useful when you practice special sports because it can help you to do it.

In spite of these differences, these two apparently opposite sports share some important contributions for the sports

Both, for example, the players should be in shape because they spend a lot of time play or something like that so the need to eat well. Both should have a good nutrition. It should be some portions of carbohydrates, proteins, vitamins and minerals and workout. The best soccer player or swimmer should be able to do everything inside of him or her team

Important similarity is that both sports are played by females and males so it is interesting because everyone can play if they want.

Swimming and Soccer: different, yet alike. Although the two sports differ in many areas such as fields, tournaments, the way to wear, they share more than one common contribution for the sports

living at home and living away from home

Living at Home and Living away From Home

Would you like to live at home or live away from home? I think most of college students must choose to live away from home because this is the chance for them to run away from parents’ control. But for parents, if it is possible, they would like to let their children live at home. To live at home is totally different from to live away from home.
One of the differences is ‘freedom’. If you live at home, there is less freedom. For example, you need your parents’ permission if you want to hang out with friends till midnight. And most of time the answer is NO. However, if you live in your own apartment, you can go anywhere with friends at anytime without asking your parents. You are free because you are out of your parents’ control. Of course you must discipline yourself very well.
The other difference is that living away from home would help you learn how to be independent. You have to take care of yourself and you need to organize everything in you own life. There is no one you can rely on except yourself and this would make you become independent. However, if you live at home, everything is prepared for you. There are always foods, neat room, washed and ironed clothes and so on. You would always be the one who cannot live independently.
To live at home or to live away from home have both positive and negative attitudes. As long as you know how to make yourself live better, to decide whether live at home or away from is not a big deal for you.

night and morning person

Since many kinds of inventions or job was created, our lifestyle has changed dramatically. For example, using internet we can get information anytime and because of the demand for the service, we can work even in the midnight. Consequently, two different type of people has been seen in our life; morning person and night person. As you know, the former is good at getting up in the mourning and the latter is not. In those two types of' people there are other differences.
First, it is said that morning person's blood pressure is higher than night person. When we get up, usually people's blood pressure is low. So the people who has low blood pressure, cannot work actively in the morning and after the blood pressure gets high such as afternoon or night, they can work actively; meanwhile the people who have high blood pressure can concentrate on their job from the morning.
Second, mourning person tend to eat more than night person. This may be because the former consume more energy. People who work from the morning often work with people. Then they use their body to communicate. In contrast, people who work at night when many people are sleeping tend to work by themselves using computers. So to gain more energy, morning person tend to eat more than night person.
Finally, night person can adopt to jet lug flexibly compared to morning person. Morning person is loyal to the time when they get up everyday. So if its cycle is confused by jet lug or something else, they often get up usually and get luck of sleep.
In conclusion, it seems that trying to adopt their way of life, night person has appeared. They have reason why they become night person rather than morning. However, although our life style may be changed dramatically because of invention in the future and night person might increase, so far most of the people work in daytime. More over, because originally people are social animal and we cannot live without communication with people, so far I think people should be morning person..