“Multilingualism (…) fosters historical identity and promotes a climate of mutual respect. A common language (…) fosters cultural opportunity and promotes a climate of international intelligibility.”

– David Crystal, Linguist –

David Crystal, Patron of IATEFL at the IATEFL Conference Harrogate 2014

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Understand

1. What is language related to?

2. What makes language global?

3. Why did English become a global language?

4. What can change the status of English?

5. Which is the fastest growing language?

6. How many people speak English today?

7. When did the trend of global English start?

8. Which organisation had the biggest impact on the development of global English?

9. Why is American English more dominant than British English?

10. What does language reflect?

11. What is the “lingua franca”?

12. Is there one English or several Englishes? How many?

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