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Theme : englishlanguage
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The Tide Online
A call to save the Igbo lanaguage: 'every household should ... learn to waive English language in their homes and concentrate more on Igbo to their children'
from : samjones
26th October 2006
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Shop names in English: support lost in translation - National - smh.com.au
Council debating forcing shops to translate all signs into English
from : petebradwell
25th October 2006
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Inside and Out
It's easy to say that providing English language teaching to newcomers to the UK is important - but the how is less easy, and the why more contentious.One of the reasons is the massive increases in demand for ESOL courses. For example, the number of Polish people looking to enrol in ESOL courses rose from 151 in 2000-01 to 21,313 in 2004-05. You don't need a screaming headline to note that that is a big increase.But it is important, in the face of these statistics, to reassert why it is so...
from : petebradwell
24th October 2006
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New Straits Times - Malaysia News Online
Language misuse crackdown in Malaysia
from : petebradwell
16th October 2006
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EducationGuardian.co.uk | Further | Lost in translation
English language training provision for immigrants.
from : petebradwell
8th October 2006
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Language Log: Ineffability
Vocabulary and expression - am I inarticulate because I don't know enough words? Is there an optimally efficient pool of vocab for each person?
from : petebradwell
21st September 2006
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China and English Language Policy
Just read an interesting piece in China's 'People's Daily Online'. It argues that perhaps there is little value in investing so much energy and effort in teaching everyone English - that the country's 'internationalization' doesn't necessarily entail that increasing numbers need be proficient in English.
from : petebradwell
19th September 2006
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Language Log: On Prescriptivism
Mistakes and language
from : petebradwell
18th September 2006
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VOICE - Project
Mapping non-native English language use.
from : petebradwell
11th September 2006
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English in China
A recent article in the Chinese paper, the People's Daily, demonstrates just how global English is. It mentions a Russian, teaching English in the training department of a premier Chinese hotel.That's pretty much the reality of global English and it's something to which the UK will have to accommodate. Examples of Chinglish are easy to come by. However, no matter how humorous the misunderstandings may on occasion be, we mustn't let them distract from this reality.First,...
from : samjones
11th September 2006
