English as a Lingua Franca

A Lingua franca is a language used widely for communication between people who do not share the same first (or even second) language.

• FALSE

• TRUE

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CCSS.L.1.4A

CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.1.2

CCSS.RI.1.4

People who speak English as a second or third language...

• are fewer than native English speakers.

• outnumber speakers of English as a native language.

• use English for international communication only.

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CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.1.3

When a native Spanish speaker communicates in English with a native Portuguese speaker...

• they are using English as a first language.

• they are breaking international law.

• they are using English as an International Language, also called English as a Lingua Franca.

The status of English as a single language is being challenged and also its "ownership"...

• because English native speakers are learning foreign languages.

• as English native speakers feel linguistic imperialism is strong.

• because there are many different "Englishes" being used around the world, such as Indian, Singaporean and Hong Kong English.

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CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.1.2

CCSS.RI.1.8

Some people see the growth of English as...

• a form of cultural or linguistic "imperialism", as it is used to promote military, cultural or economic hegemony.

• a way to help those who are obliged to study it for practical reasons.

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CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.1.2

CCSS.RI.1.8

Language death is a fighting and ongoing problem...

• as when a language disappears, English culture and customs are adopted by speakers.

• as languages have been disappearing more slowly in these last decades due to the growth of English.

• as languages are becoming extinct at an ever increasing rate. This means that a culture, its customs, and a whole unique way of seeing the world is lost.

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CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.1.2

CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.1.8

CCSS.SL.1.2

CCSS.SL.1.3

English is the only language to be held responsible for the loss of other languages.

• TRUE

• FALSE

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CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.SL.1.2

Languages are under threat from a variety of sources, such as...

• other widely spoken official languages and the loss of the speech community, with its own cultural and social identity.

• laws that ban the use of minority languages in a country.

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CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.1.2

CCSS.RI.1.8

Many languages are lost, but some others have prevailed or resurrected because languages are strictly bound up with...

• identity.

• countries.

• geography.

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CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.1.2

CCSS.RI.1.3

Communities should be encouraged to maintain a strong identity and be proud of it so as to...

• avoid learning English as foreign language.

• preserve the language they represent.

• forget about wanting to learn foreign languages.

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CCSS.RI.1.8