Anna and Elena (2009) deduced that using English as a lingua Franca leads to the increase in the use of technology, even though it sounds unrealistic. ... It has become a habit that most manual book, which carries directory or instruction information on how to operate technical devices are written in English. ... Different departments in a business, assist each other through English, as well as share information. ... He also stated that sharing of information is also involved through communicating with each other in such cases. ... Money on the other hand is also saved, as no need for a lot of...

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• Approx Pages: 6
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

For example, The Pronunciation Book by Bowen & Marks or 'Sound Foundations' by Adrian Underhill seem very different from a book such as Ship and Sheep by Baker. ... " Achieving Intelligibility can be carried out through segmental (individual sounds) or suprasegmental (features of speech which extend over more than one sound segment in an utterance, such as a pitch, stress or juncture pattern) approach. ... In the area of teaching pronunciation, a lot of attention has traditionally been directed towards how best to impart prosodic and segmental information to students, but unti...

• Word Count: 2008
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

For example, one language may be identified as less formal and used for information about events related to home and family. ... Some people worry when they see Spanish showing up on billboards and pay phones, but in a neighborhood with a high Spanish- speaking population, it makes perfectly good sense for public information and instructions t...

• Word Count: 5919
• Approx Pages: 24
• Grade Level: Undergraduate