Languageofborrowers.pptVIP

Read the passage again and work with your partner to summarize the main idea of this article. You may use the following two questions as clues Why do some sophomores lose interest in study Why is sophomore year a key to the future path? * * Language of borrowers Issue.1048 April 2, 2014 Sophomore year key to future path Background Information Detailed Study Language of borrowers General Questions /wiki/English_language English?is a?West Germanic language?that was first spoken in?early medieval England?and is now considered to be a global lingua franca. It is spoken as a first language by the majority populations of several sovereign states, including the?United Kingdom, the?United States,?Canada,Australia,?Ireland,?New Zealand?and a number of?Caribbean?nations; and it is an?official language?of almost 60 sovereign states. It is the third-most-common native language in the world, after?Mandarin Chinese?and?Spanish.It is widely learned as a?second language?and is an?official language of the European Union, many?Commonwealth?countries and the?United Nations, as well as in many world organizations. Background Information Skimming and scanning: Find the answers to the following quesitons as quickly as possible. Instruction 1.Why is English a intermixed language? 2.What does the adoption of words result in? Its adoption of words from so many different languages, known as loanwords, has resulted in it being one of most diverse languages on the planet. General Questions Throughout much of history, the English language has borrowed words from other languages to become the intermixed language that we know today. 3.What does the continued prevalence of borrowing words demonstrate? 4.Why do Judith Rosenhouse and Rotem Kowner hail English as “the lingua franca? The continued prevalence of borrowing words across languages demonstrates the close connections different cultures have with one another in our globalized world. General Questions They report t