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Tuesday, November 9, 2010

DISCUSSION BOARD 3

Subject: RE:What you think E7H?   
Author: Xiaopeng HE
Creation date: Tuesday, November 9, 2010 11:54:24 PM EST
Date last modified: Tuesday, November 9, 2010 11:54:24 PM EST
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The word “can” might include the people who willing to learn English, who require to learn English, who have the ability to learn English, and who have the opportunities to learn English. The word “everyone” might means that the people who will be benefits if he or she learn English, it will be an advantage for them if they learn English, it will be an disadvantage if they do not learn English. For instant, that will be an advantage for an economist if he or she possesses great English skill which enable he or she to read the latest economic journals, in the contrast, lacking of English skill will limited his or her connection in the mainstream economic domain. In this situation, this economist have the ability to learn English and will benefits from English skill, therefore this economist should learn English. In today’s globalization world, most people will get more information, promotion, advantages and meet more opportunities if he or she has learned English. On the other hand, someone who will not involve into the global context, will not benefits from his or her English skill, do not have the opportunities to learn English or not have the ability to learn English will become the one who “cannot” learn English. However, follow by the development of the society and globalization, those people become less and less.

DISCUSSION BOARD 2

Subject: The language of the dominant power      
Author: Xiaopeng HE
Creation date: Tuesday, November 9, 2010 11:59:35 PM EST
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There are more than thousands of languages in the world; however nowadays it is the English exposed its dominant power around the global.  As a result of the trend of globalization English culture has the significant impact to the world, that which never happened before. Firstly, English is widely used by many important and powerful countries: United States, Britain, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, some Caribbean countries, and South Africa as a native language. Also English is the second language or foreign language for most countries in the world. Secondly, the English speaking culture leading the world in most aspects, Hollywood exportation American culture to all over the world. Harvard, Cambridge, and Oxford leading the academic domain telling people what should do and what to do. In fact, English is the lingua franca of science, technology and economic that most high quality information and papers are all write in English, therefore English is essential for who want to acquire better achievement in most domains. Thirdly, English is the language of international cooperation, international trade and transport, people using English to communication in the global context. Due to the reasons above, English is the reasonable and rational global language.

DISCUSSION BOARD 1

Subject: English language and culture    
Author: Xiaopeng HE
Creation date: Wednesday, November 10, 2010 12:00:26 AM EST
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There are some significant and variety influences that western culture changed today’s China. Nowadays, most children will start to learn English in their third years in primary school, which when they are approximately nine or ten years old. Moreover, there is a tendency that some parents will sent their kids to an English training course in the nursery school or teach their kids at home, that means some kids in China will learning English during their childhood.  Chinese believe that the capacity of English learning determines one’s competitive advantage, who could master the English skills then he or she will possess a better job. English also modify the behavior in Chinese daily life, people will say English words such as “hi, hallo, thank you, bye, and I love you” to greeting or communication with each other but not their own words in Chinese. In addition, the words like “GDP, CPI, NBA, BBC, and ABC” have appeared in most mainstream and even the most seriousness newspapers or other media and official or government departments. That seems like the people in China never thought about to use Chinese words to instead those English words. Due to the huge impact from the western culture, Chinese particularly the teenagers share the some behavior with western people; they wear T-shirt and jeans, celebrate Valentine's Day and Christmas, taste steak and fries. People become more willing to expression personal and individual feeling and emotions, which quite different with the tradition Chinese culture. As a result of the impacts of the western culture and globalization, Chinese culture has changed dramatically in almost every aspect.