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Discussion

1. Yes, I do think the fact that the British are islanders has had an effect on the people and their values, because they are more lonely on an Island then in a country. They have their government in Edinburgh instead of London. 
2. I would preferred to live in England because it is not on an island like Ireland. England is a big country with many different stores, modern technology and the capital is London which is a world famous city.

english haCheckpoints 

1) 

A lingua franca is when a language is used for communication by two people who are not native speakers. 

2) 

We say that English is the world's most important lingua franca because the British established colonies and the English language was spread in all corners of the world. 

3) 

Queen Elizabeth the first started to build the British empire.

4)

The reasons for its decline is because Britain lost two world wars and lost control over Indian and Africa. So they lost their position as the strongest country. 

5)

Today is the language getting more and more important and popular for many people. There is hardly a job you can do if you can't speak some English, because we uses it so much. 

Viewpoints

1)

I do think English threatens the position of national languages in Norway, because more people are coming to Norway now then before. We uses English much more daily then for 100 years ago.  So I think maybe English will take over in the future, but it will take some 100 years.

2)

No i don't think any other languages can threaten English as a world language, because it's no languages which is so big like English today. And English is just getting more popular. We are using English much more daily then before, and i just think English will get bigger.

Comprehension questions

1. 1500 years have passed since the Romans left Britain. They could start speak English again, after the Romans left. The Romans had forced Britain to speak Latin while they had control.

2. The capabilities the English language had was that Britain had invaded many countries so people was learning English, and it was no so hard to learn.

3. English have adopted over 350 words from different languages.

4. The total number of English speakers is around 1,5 billion.

5. Around a quarter of 1,5 billion speaks it as their mother tongue.

6. Around a quarter speaks it also as a second language. 

7. The problems English present for a learner is that it has so little to do with England these days, that it's maybe time to stop calling it English.

8. Singlish, Hinglish and Chinglish are mentioned when they speaks about change the name of English to something else. We find these accents in Singapore, and China. And Hinglish comes from Hindi English. It is necessary to give these accents individual names because they are so different from each other.
9. I think the lecturer suggests that if somebody should think up a new word for English it should be i Chinese, is because the Chinese language is going to be the next global language. Because China is just getting bigger and stronger.
Why So Much Variety in English?-Tasks

1.      There is a difference between the varieties of English spoken in the north and the south of England because the Vikings invaded North-East England and the Midlands. They brought with them their language to the North, so they started to speak more like them.

2.      The term ‘’substrate language’’ is that another language was there before another took over. Like when the Viking invaded North-East England and brought with them their language and that language took over.

3.      A local accent is important for the inhabitants in a particular area because they are included in our overview of varieties of English.

4.      Peoples which contributed to the language in the British Isles is the Vikings, the French people, the Caribbean people, the Indian people, the Africa people and the Australian people.

5.      The difference between the accents in New England, Southern USA and General American is that New England has no post-vocalic ‘’r’’, so they said words like car without a final ‘’r’’. In General American they do pronounce ‘’r’’, and in the Southern USA the vocalic ‘’r’’ was in the process of disappearing or had disappeared. Where people were settled in different areas was determined their peculiarities.

6.      The difference between the African English used in Jamaica and that used in Nigeria is the creation of pidgins and creoles.

7.      The dialect, which is the basis for Australian English, is from London. Because many prisoners were sent to the penal colonies in Australia, who mostly came from London.

English as a World Language - British vs American

Checkpoints page 41.

1)

Some words that are pronounced differently in General American and Received Pronunciation are:

Car, star, pillar, bar, far

In RP they don’t pronounce  ‘’r’’.

2)

The five main spelling differences between AE and BE are:

   1. Words like theater and theatre, ends in –ter in AE and –tre in BE

   2. Words like like monolog, monologue, catalog and catalogue, ends in –og      in AE and –ogue in BE.

   3. Words like color and colour, ends in –or in AE and –our in BE.

   4. Verbs like analyse and analyse, ends with –ize/yze in AE and –ise/yse in BE.

   5. When a new ending is added in BE, the –l at the end of a word is doubled. In AE the –l is only doubled if the stress is originally on the second syllable. Rebel-rebelled (AE), rebel-rebelled (BE), travel-traveler (AE), travel-traveller (BE).

Language work page 41.

Translated the following sentences from BE to AE.

I am knackered and I must go to the bathroom. 

Are there any bathrooms close by?

Must I stand in line up behind that bloke?

Is there a chemist anywhere close?

I am peckish.

At the zebra crossing the lollipop lady directed us to take a diversion, but my truck was out of petrol and it was impossible.

Task 1 page 30 

If you never have been hated by your child, you have never been a parent. 

I think this quote says many important things. I think it mean's that your child has been mad at you, because you didn't allow them to do something they really wanted. Because parents can't always say yes, to everything the child wants. The child must learn that the parents are the bosses and how they must behave. If a child has never hated their parents, the parents haven't been doing a good job. Because nearly every child asks about things. Some of these things their parents can't give them or allow them to do, and then many children get mad. Also because sometimes the child have to do things they don't want to do.

Poem

The road goes far away
Tall trees stands next to the road
Some people stands and pray
Fields lays far away 

The school is at a little hill
Full of students with cars
who don't pay a bill
but still they are stars

1)

No Man is an Island

It tells about our relationship with each other that we are not just one, but part of a bigger group. It says that we are close to each other and want us to sorrow for everyone. 

I am a rock

The song says that we never need to feel sorrow or cry, if we do not have any friends or someone we love. Because we don't know them, and we don't need to be sad if we lose them. He don't want to make more friends, because he has probably lost a friend or someone he loved and don't want to be hurt again.

You'll Never walk Alone

The song says that you never are alone even in the darkest moments of your life. That you most keep on believing and go on. That you never most give up and that you never are alone with it, that you always have someone with you somewhere.

2)

The difference between the poem and the songs is that the poem is about the humankind, that we all are a part of a big group, and not are lonely in the world.  The song I am a rock is about a man who is hurt and very sad because he lost one he loved. The last song is about hope, believe and that you never most give up, you are never alone.

3)

I liked the song You’ll Never walk Alone by Rogers and Hammerstein, because it’s much emotions in the song. It have much to say and it is a very good and catchy song, and I like the voice to the singers.