WebQuest
Difference between American and British English
Conclusion
After this web quest you should be able to:
- understand the diversity of English through history and around the world
- understand the effect of social and cultural factors on an individual�s use of English
- understand the relationship between a person�s linguistic heritage and their sense of identity
- understand the ways in which different varieties of English in use around the world are categorized.
English exists in the world today as a means of international communication � as a way for people from different social groups to communicate with each other � and to fulfill this function it would seem that variation in the language needs to be curtailed to a certain extent.If the language becomes too diverse it will not remain mutually comprehensible across different social groups. So we have two impulses at work that are seemingly incompatible, or perhaps even in conflict, and the question we are faced with is how to render them as consistent, as both being part of the existence of a single entity we call �English�. This is one of the central issues in English language studies today � and it�s a very modern issue because it has come about as a direct result of the unprecedented position that English now occupies in the world: as a language with global scope which is implicated in the history and present-day existence of societies all around the world.English exists in the world today as a means of international communication � as a way for people from different social groups to communicate with each other � and to fulfill this function it would seem that variation in the language needs to be curtailed to a certain extent. That is to say, if the language becomes too diverse it will not remain mutually comprehensible across different social groups. So we have two impulses at work that are seemingly incompatible, or perhaps even in conflict, and the question we are faced with is how to render them as consistent, as both being part of the existence of a single entity we call �English�. This is one of the central issues in English language studies today � and it�s a very modern issue because it has come about as a direct result of the unprecedented position that English now occupies in the world: as a language with global scope which is implicated in the history and present-day existence of societies all around the world.
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