Essays about: "language attitudes in modern english speech"

Found 2 essays containing the words language attitudes in modern english speech.

1. 1. THE APPLICATION OF POLITENESS THEORY INTO ENGLISH EDUCATION IN JAPAN

   University essay from Avdelningen för språk och kultur; Filosofiska fakulteten

   Author : Maho Kawai; [2013]
   Keywords : politeness theory; ESL in Japan;

   Abstract : In Japan, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) revised the Course of Study in English education twice in the last decade (in 2002 and in 2011), and the drastic changes have been made especially in the section of communicative skills: introduction of English study in elementary school, teaching English in English in high school, requirement of the subject ‘Oral Communication I’ in high school, etc. The aim of the revisions is to produce international individuals, who have high English proficiency not only in input-skills but also in output-skills, especially in speaking (MEXT 2004: 90, MEXT 2011). READ MORE

3. 2. Language attitudes in the People’s Republic of China’s leading English-language newspaper, China Daily

   University essay from Engelska institutionen

   Author : Petter Andersson; [2008]
   Keywords : : language planning; the PRC; Putonghua; Shanghai dialect; Cantonese and English;

   Abstract : Since time immemorial, various governments in China have attempted to promulgate writing reforms and speech reforms in order to unite the nation, mostly for political gain. The aim of this paper is to discover and analyze some language issues in the People’s Republic of China, specifically attitudes and comments on spoken usage of Putonghua (also called Modern Standard Chinese), Shanghai dialect, Cantonese and English by researching China Daily’s online newspaper article archive. READ MORE