Second World

by people in the world, but more than half of them are at risk of becoming extinct. Many of the languages are at risk because there are only so many people speaking the language. Many languages are at risk of becoming extinct because they are not common to learn among people. Many people tend to use second language instead of using primary language. People find second language as more important than their native language because they are surround by the people who speaks the second language.…

In the preface of the book, “Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development”, Anna Wierzbicka explains that the people who are bilingual, are facing problems every day, due to the sense of the meaning of an word or a frase. She is focusing on multilingualism and emotions, the things that make harder the meanings of understanding between people. Also, she gives examples from her own life, whice are accurate, and shows very clearly the differences between languages. She was born in Poland…

language due to the growth of global society. English plays an important role of our lives since it is widely spoken by many of the population in the world. Furthermore, it is also comes in different varieties as it is considered to be a native language in some parts of the world, a second language in others and a foreign language in many places of the world. Five hundred years old ago only 5 to 8 million people spoke English, whereas now the language is spoken by 1 to 1.5 billion people.…

daily activities are carried out by the country language such as the selling the food, conducting with people, neighbor and their native language which they communicate with it with their families. Although Helen Keller was five years old, she got her second birth when she was able to understand the language. In addition, her aggressive behavior changed. When I came to US four years ago I spoke only Arabic, I learned some English and I mixed some Arabic words with English especially when I speak…

known, spoken and read by people everywhere on the planet. Children in different parts of world speak this language in their school either as the mother tongue or as a foreign language. Most of the people of the world whose mother tongue is not English learn this language as a second language for its cultural and practical values. The people of India are no exception to it. English is established as the second language in India. In the words of Gandhi, “English is a language of international…

Our world has many different cultures and races. Within those cultures and races there are many languages. One language 427 million people use is spanish. Children and people of all ages should learn how to speak spanish as a second language. If you learn spanish you can communicate with spanish speaking U.S. citizens, it’s a big help for traveling purposes and it’s healthy for you. According to an article from Pew Research Center they stated that “With more than 37 million speakers, Spanish…

American business and the applicant speaks more than one language, they already have a leg up on all their competition. Due to the fact that a second language is not strictly taught in American schooling, multilingualism is getting harder to find and American businesses welcome applicants who are fluent in two or more languages. Especially in the business world, multilingualism is a much needed skill. If an American is multilingual, they can work more easily abroad. If a woman who spoke both…

can help, for they portray a rich and diverse world, extending the imagination of young readers to embrace life in its wondrous variety” (Russell 71). Expanding from the lack of diversity in The Day the Crayons Quit to The Day the Crayons Came Home, Jeffers and Daywalt are attempting exactly has Russell has stated; they are helping readers increase their exposure to diverse world around us. A question that has been lingering in my mind is, since the world is constantly changing and awareness for…

6500. 6500 is the number of languages spoken in the world today. New Zealand is becoming more and more multilingual with many different races living here. Take a look around the room, it’s obvious that we have many different races amongst us. Learning a second or a foreign language can help us communicate with the 6 billion people that are unable to speak english across the world. Learning a foreign language provides us with opportunities that we could not otherwise have by only speaking…

german while 1.2 billion people speak chinese as their first language. Mandarin Chinese should be taught in American high schools because it would help further our social connections, improve business, and give Americans a better perspective of the world. For years and years, english has been the lingua franca; but it hasn’t always been. Greek was the lingua franca during the Classical Period and Latin was the language of the Medieval Period. Lingua franca translates to “french language”…