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Jenni Young

European Union prepares to adopt 24th official language as costs mount, calls for Engli... - 1 views

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Language Part 1 Global English Lingua franca Translation EU

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    In the European Union, every language is an official language. Government officials speak in the official language of their country, and those comments are then translated into 22, soon to be 23, other languages. All of that costs $1.4 billion per year - and that total will increase when Croatian becomes an official language later this year.
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BBC World Service - Boston Calling, Chinese Characters , English Names for Chinese - 0 views

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Language Part 1 Names Identity Chinese

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    2 items from BBC online. 1. What is behind all the strange American-sounding names so popular in China? 2. Some Westerners also take Chinese names.
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    What is behind all the strange American-sounding names so popular in China? (BBC)
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Gender schemas and Do It Like a Dude - 1 views

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Language Mass communication Gender Part 1 Part 2 WT2

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    Discussion of Jessie J's song and video
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Meet the new X-Men: All women - 0 views

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Mass communication Part 2 Comics X-Men Gender Character

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    For the first time in its 50-year history, the X-Men will be made up entirely of women: Storm, Rogue, Jubilee, Kitty Pryde, Rachel Grey and Psylocke make up the mutant team in "X-Men" #1, in stores May 29.
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Get up, stand up - the story of pop and protest - 0 views

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Mass communication Part 2 Pop Protest Documentary

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    Part 1/10 of 2005 PBS documentary which covers the history of "protest music" from the early 20th century to the first decade of the 21st.
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What should be on the A-level syllabus? | Books | theguardian.com - 0 views

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Language Part 1 Language change Education UK Curriculum Written Tasks Blog Opinion

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    Is including Russell Brand in the reading list a "rubbish" idea or total genius? Tell us what you think should be on the reading list for UK language and literature course (Guardian Blog)
  • Jenni Young on 08 May 14
     
    Is including Russell Brand in the reading list a "rubbish" idea or total genius? Tell us what you think should be on the reading list for UK language and literature course (Guardian Blog)
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Rod McPhee: Accent prejudice isn't merely unkind it's self-defeating too - 1 views

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Language Part 1 Accents Identity Bias Discrimination UK

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    To this day whenever I'm addressed by someone with crisp received pronunciation I still feel the instinctive need to tug my forelock and sink into a deep curtsy (opinion column)
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That Mitchell and Webb Look Series 4 - Episode 1 (Grammar Nazi) - YouTube - 0 views

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Language Part 1 Pronunciation Grammar

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    Grammar and pronunciation matter!
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    Grammar and pronunciation matter!
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No English please, we're Gambians: president - ModernGhana.com - 0 views

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Language Part 1 English Colonialism Gambia Nationalism

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    Dakar AFP - Gambia will drop English as its official language, President Yahya Jammeh said in his latest diatribe against former colonial power Britain.
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    Dakar AFP - Gambia will drop English as its official language, President Yahya Jammeh said in his latest diatribe against former colonial power Britain.
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Gambia To Drop English As Official Language For A Local Language - ModernGhana.com - 0 views

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Language Part 1 English Gambia Nationalism Colonialism

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    Gambia's President Yahya Jammeh on Friday shocked many with a disclosure that the West African nation wants to implement a policy change that would drop English as the official language
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    Gambia's President Yahya Jammeh on Friday shocked many with a disclosure that the West African nation wants to implement a policy change that would drop English as the official language
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Can a 'Black' Name Affect Job Prospects? - ABC News - 0 views

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Language Part 1 Identity Race Non-English names Bias Racism

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    Can a 'Black' Name Affect Job Prospects? Study shows that recruiters have a preference for 'white' sounding names.
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    Can a 'Black' Name Affect Job Prospects? Study shows that recruiters have a preference for 'white' sounding names.
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Languages of the world - 0 views

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Language World Languages Part 1 Language Death Global languages

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    BBC guide to languages of the world, with links to endangered languages, the origins of language, etc
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The Adventure of English (BBC) - (1) Birth of a Language - 0 views

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Language History of English

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    BBC series on the history of English (2003)
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New Life in U.S. No Longer Means New Name - 1 views

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Language Identity Race

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    Immigrants to the US are not so pressured to change their names
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Interview with Amy Tan - 0 views

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Language Culture Identity

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    Interview with Amy Tan includes comments on being bi-cultural
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BBC Languages - Language and Identity - 2 views

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Language Part 1 Language Death Global languages Opinion

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    Page has many links to other topics related to Global English, including Endangered Languages, adopting words from other languages, etc.
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Search for My Tongue by Sujata Bhatt - 0 views

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Language Part 1 Culture Identity Bhatt Poetry Search for My Tongue Bilingualism

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    Video
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Around in the world in English 1. English in Spain. A Cultural Question. - 1 views

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Language Global English Spanish

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    English as global language. Why English? Robert Herington. Universidad Politecnica de Madrid.
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Poetic justice: spoken word artist's story finds tender end - 1 views

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Language Identity Poetry Kosal Khiev Spoken Word Part 1

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    'My story here is not really my story. I see so many guys like me, I see so many people who were once like me': Kosal Khiev, a Cambodian-American spoken word artist, is the subject of an upcoming documentary made by Studio Revolt founder Masahiro Sugano (Phnom Penh Post article)
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