... the future
development ofEnglish in the world is the ‘outer circle’ of those
who speak it as a second language. English often plays a special
role in their lives and the fate ofEnglish in the ... domains of English
Will the growth of the
Internet help maintain
the global influence of
English?
p. 50
What effect will changing
patterns of trade have on
the use of English?
p. 33
English ... a professional interest in the
development ofEnglish worldwide.
The Future of English? takes stock of the
present, apparently unassailable, position of
English in the world and asks whether...
... the future
development ofEnglish in the world is the ‘outer circle’ of those
who speak it as a second language. English often plays a special
role in their lives and the fate ofEnglish in the ... Although the
structural properties ofEnglish have not hindered the spread of
English, the spread ofthe language globally cannot be
attributed to intrinsic linguistic qualities.
2 The spread of English
There ... future for global
English.
One ofthe unanticipated achievements ofthe twenty first
century was the rapid diffusion of Basic English as the
lingua franca ofthe world and the even more rapid...
... 34% of all the errors
in the use of cohesive devices (Table 4.1). These errors are in the use of the, there, this. The
table below shows these errors in detail.
Table 4.3: Errors in the use of ... co-occurrence in the students' papers; they are the result of
the interference of Vietnamese into English and ofEnglish items themselves.
In summary, the data analysis ofthe study has displayed ...
effect ofthe mix ofthe two sources on the students’ use of cohesive devices. Also, the tables
and chart in this chapter has presented how each of these sources affects the use of each type
of...
... Significance ofthe study
The results of this study will help test the quality oftheEnglish translation of
the Law on Investment 2005 of Vietnam under the model developed by the German
linguist ... the drawback of affecting the reader’s impression on the
‘technicality’ ofthe ST. This is true of Vietnamese legal documents. If following the
style and format ofEnglish legal language, the ... for the translation of Vietnamese legal documents
into English?
4. Research methods
This study aims at assessing the quality oftheEnglish translation ofthe Law
on Investment of Vietnam. Therefore,...
... most students. What the students hear is
usually out of their control and often unclear. Their knowledge of situations and topics help
them make sense of it. UsingEnglish in the classroom as ... STUCTURE: How often do you | go | to the zoo?
Introduce pictures ofthe park, the sports center, the mountain, the river, the kitchen
and the school. Check if the students know the vocabulary. ... by the teacher’s guide, the student’s book
and the cassette-tapes.
Most ofthe JHS teachers believe that The TIENG ANH textbook series is better than the
ENGLISH textbook series. They like the...
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Acknowledgements iv
List of abbreviations v
Part 1: Introduction
1. Rationale ofthe study 1
2. Aims ofthe study 2
3. Methods ofthe study 2
4. Scope ofthe study 2
5. ... like to acknowledge my debt to Assoc. Prof. Dr. Lê Hùng Tiến and the
staff members of Postgraduate Department, College of Foreign Languages, VNU-Hanoi for
their enthusiastic support.
I am sincerely ... ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
First of all, I would like to express my deep gratitude to all my teachers at College
of Foreign Languages, Vietnam National University-Hanoi for their valuable lectures. And
their knowledge, their...
... that soften or tentativize what they modify.
Nevertheless, the author only investigates weakeners mentioned above in the scope ofthe
study because ofthe suitability to the topic ofthe thesis ... strategy of “saying less than one means”, the function of strategy being to modify
the writer’s responsibility for the truthfulness of an utterance, to modify the attitude ofthe
author to the propositions ... hedges of these three types is illuminating
in theoretical terms, it seems that the distinction between them is not always clear-cut.
G.Lakoff who drew attention to the theoretical importance of the...
... English students would be made.
The thesis consists of three main parts: the introduction, the development, and the
conclusion. The introduction - gives rationale for the study and sets up the ... University of Industry” is submitted in partial fulfillment ofthe
requirements for the degree of Master of Arts is the result of my own work, except where
otherwise acknowledge and that this minor thesis ... deals with
the research methodology which covers participants, the settings ofthe study, the data collection
methods, the data analysis, and the findings and discussions. Chapter 3 offers some...
... understand as the advertisers are all airlines. Obviously, they would like to
highlight the characteristic of their service by reminding customers ofthe magical feelings of
The Language of Airlines’ ... Feedback: the response ofthe receiver to the sender and vice-versa.
• Noise: it is interference that gets in the way of sharing meaning. There are 3 forms of
noise.
External noises: They are ... to the advertising information and
evokes them to take the action of purchasing. It is here that the topmost task of advertising is
fulfilled.
2.2.5.3 Types of Advertising
The features of different...
... 4: QUEUING
There is one sport at which the British are always the world champions. Nobody can beat
them at the noble art of queuing. The British actually look forward to spending their
weekends ... SATISFACTION
Over the years, the development of different theories of management and different
approached to organization has affected the way we view motivation. In the 19
th
century,
the writer ... almost seventy-eight million hectares of forests, grasslands, rivers and lakes. It is
an agency ofthe Department of Agriculture.
The first is the threat of fire and fuel. This year, forest fires...
... classified in terms of:
(1) The height ofthe bulk ofthe tongue in the mouth
(2) The front/back position ofthe tongue in the mouth
(3) The degree of lip-rounding
(4) The length of vowels
(Roach, ... overview ofthe study in which the rationale for the research, the
research problem, the purposes, the research questions, the scope ofthe study, the research
method, the significance ofthe study, ... enter the CFL, VNU in the hope that they
would be accepted to another college usingthe marks they got at this exam. However, to
their surprise, they passed it. The truth was that they passed the...
... interpretations to the ones
intended. (Hughes, A. 1989: 38). In the case oftheEnglish section at the University of
Technology, the teachers should do the trial tests first and then, mark and remark the ... Implications
The study aims at evaluating the reliability and the validity ofthe final achievement
test for the third-year students at the University of Technology. To deal with the stated aims,
the ... compatible with the aims ofthe courses and the
objectives ofthe syllabus and the test specification. However, with the negative skew of
score distribution analysed above, along with the evaluation...
... The most important
variations are as follows:
C and G have each a soft sound and a hard sound. The soft sound of c is the same as s, and the hard sound the
same as k. The soft sound of g is the ... all languages besides the
English, i, when accented, has the sound oftheEnglish long e, e when accented has the sound ofEnglish long
a, and a has the Italian sound. TheEnglish long sounds are ... that of leading the student through the
maze of a new science and teaching him the skill of an old art, exemplified in a long line of masters.
By way of preface we may say that the mastery of the...