Describe what you understand by four of the concepts listed below: Code-mixing Dialect Context of situation Native speaker Lingua franca New Englishes In this essay, I will attempt to describe what I understand about native speaker, lingua franca, context of situation and code-mixing. ... Most of the non-native speakers of English come from countries which were mostly former British colonies like Kenya, Malaysia and Australia. ... So, they send their children to learning centres which employ native speakers of English like Lorna Whiston and Julia Gabriel. ... The linguis...

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Because of the relationships with the West, English was not that useful like before. ... Writing and hearing are not that important like vocabulary. ... Because teacher only taught you when it used, she never taught about what it was. ... On the other hand, English education in China only taught about some basic stuff, like reading and writing. However, they never let you analysis an article and they never let you writing a very academic essay. ...

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