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LING 115 Midterm 2What is the L1 in more countries than any other language - correct answer
✔Not English
Spanish in over 20 countries
L1+L2 speakers - correct answer ✔Total # of speakers of L1+L2= 1.5 billion
L2 population is growing hugely: In 50 yrs there will be 50%more L2 speakers
than L1 speakers
Status of English as an official language - correct answer ✔in over 70
countries
What language is present in education system in countries worldwide - correct
answer ✔English
Inner Circle - correct answer ✔countries where English is L1 of the majority
of speakers
Ex. USA, UK, Australia, Canada
Outer Circle - correct answer ✔English is often an OL with long historical
presence, frequently linked to colonial times.
Ex. India, Ghana, Malaysia
Expanding Circle - correct answer ✔L2 increasing importance in education,
English is a new presence
Ex. Japan, China, Russia, Korea
,England in 17th-20th Century - correct answer ✔17th C: a maritime/naval
power in Portugal, Spain, Dutch, and French
17-19thC: Settlement in North America, Australia, South Africa, and New
Zealand
19th C: colonization of territories in Africa+ Asia, Industrial Revolution
20th C: growth of international organizations, League of Nations, NATO, UN,
OPEC, ASEAN/ Economic growth of USA/ last 50 years development in
technology led to increased need for an international lingua franca/80%+
scientific writing/short wave radios ex. Voice of America, BBC World Service
20thC: growth of film industry/ growth of popular music industry (more records
sold in English)/ international air travel led to need for lingua franca/
computers and the internet forums
English as a lingua franca - correct answer ✔OL's of multinational
companies
-Ex. Nokia, Samsung, Lenovo, and Lufthansa
Air traffic control
Communication at sea (common language)
Language endangerment - correct answer ✔in Base/Ainu and in Taiwan
(Mandarin, Taiwanese, Austranesian) because English was introduced
, Competitor global languages - correct answer ✔Mandarin Chinese (difficult
elements make it hard to learn)
Spanish (not too strong economic/naval power)
Chinese - correct answer ✔fonal language (two words have different
meanings based on pronunciation)
Written Chinese has 2000 characters
Machine Translation - correct answer ✔Google translate:
-Takes written input English and produces written output Spanish
Vocal input:
-Spoken English to written English
English as a translation - correct answer ✔in EU meetings, French was then
used to translate different languages via interpreter
now English is pivot language, which only requires mastery of French and
English languages, instead of all the different languages
English in education - correct answer ✔Asia: largest # of speakers of English
-Ex. South Korea: "English fever," English villages
Continental Europe:
English is medium of instruction, and it is seen as source of revenue
Big Businesses
-Ex. China (English is compulsory language in elementary schools, craze for
bilingual education)
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