{"id":10816,"date":"2017-05-26T16:19:28","date_gmt":"2017-05-26T14:19:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aglikapastras.com\/?page_id=10816"},"modified":"2017-05-29T13:54:07","modified_gmt":"2017-05-29T11:54:07","slug":"02-english-global-language","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/aglikapastras.com\/?page_id=10816","title":{"rendered":"English: Global Language"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Question 1. Why did English become the Global Language? (David Crystal)<\/strong><\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-10816-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/aglikapastras.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/why-egnlish-became-global.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/aglikapastras.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/why-egnlish-became-global.mp3\">https:\/\/aglikapastras.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/why-egnlish-became-global.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p><strong>Vocabulary from the extract:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The British Empire, American Imperialism, The Industrial Revolution, &#8220;money talks&#8221;, the most productive nations, international banking, cultural power, a fraction of, multilingual<\/p>\n<p><strong>Question 2. What is the future of English as a Global Language?<\/strong><\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-10816-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/aglikapastras.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/the-future-of-english.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/aglikapastras.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/the-future-of-english.mp3\">https:\/\/aglikapastras.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/the-future-of-english.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p><strong>Vocabulary from the extract:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>retain power, predominantly, we&#8217;re talking mainly, it isn&#8217;t rocket science, scenarios, diminish, cultural power, become dominant, there&#8217;s no sign of, for the most part, the other way round, population-wise, we might end up, perfectly obvious, diminution, prestige, the figures are going up, slackening off, long-term future, short term future<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"English as a gloabal language\" href=\"https:\/\/aglikapastras.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/english-as-a-gloabal-language.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">English as a Global language<\/a>\u00a0PDF Worksheet<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5Kvs8SxN8mc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">David Crystal &#8211; Will English Always Be the Global Language?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question 1. 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