One of the many things that proves a nation’s existence and culture is the language. Language is one of the most powerful tools in human communication and its importance is colossal. In order to better comprehend language and its significance, many experts and linguists are elaborating the matter of this subject. Among those experts, David Crystal takes a special place as one of the foremost linguists in the world on the English language. As a global language, the English language is Crystal’s base for all of his books, lectures and conferences. In them, he discusses many topics, such as: the effects of the new technologies on English, standard versus nom-standard English, the future of English, the aspects of a language and many more.
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He argues that this myth is fundamentally false by explaining that the people who are good at texting are actually the best spellers. One cannot leave letter out if one does not know where they should be put in the first place. To put it another way, in order to text well, one has to be quite literate. Another key point Crystal makes is that the biggest challenge for teachers is to keep pace with the changes of the language which can sometimes be rapid and sometimes relatively slow. Moreover, teachers should expose their students not only to standard English, but also to non-standard kinds, varieties and dialects of …show more content…
The reason what makes English an appealing language at a global level has nothing to do with the structure of English, its grammar or vocabulary, but it has all to do with power. The important thing about power, as Crystal explains, is that power means different things at different times. To make things even more clear, he throws light on that English first became international because of political power, then in the nineteen century because of economic power and in the twentieth century, with English being the language of the vast majority of the inventions that make modern society what it is, because of cultural and technological
He argues that this myth is fundamentally false by explaining that the people who are good at texting are actually the best spellers. One cannot leave letter out if one does not know where they should be put in the first place. To put it another way, in order to text well, one has to be quite literate. Another key point Crystal makes is that the biggest challenge for teachers is to keep pace with the changes of the language which can sometimes be rapid and sometimes relatively slow. Moreover, teachers should expose their students not only to standard English, but also to non-standard kinds, varieties and dialects of …show more content…
The reason what makes English an appealing language at a global level has nothing to do with the structure of English, its grammar or vocabulary, but it has all to do with power. The important thing about power, as Crystal explains, is that power means different things at different times. To make things even more clear, he throws light on that English first became international because of political power, then in the nineteen century because of economic power and in the twentieth century, with English being the language of the vast majority of the inventions that make modern society what it is, because of cultural and technological