Few languages are increasingly spoken in different countries, while the usage of others is rapidly declining. Is this a positive or a negative development?
The recent 50 years have witnessed the increasing prevalence of many languages across the globe. At the same time, others are on the brink of extinction. This essay will scrutinize closely both sides of this trend before reaching a conclusion.
To begin with, people in favour of the remarkable development of global languages claim that this tendency indeed brings about a great deal of benefits. This emerging trend actually stems from globalization as an inevitable result and greatly facilitates worldwide trade. For example, a firm based in Vietnam can easily do business with overseas partner...
- The two pie charts below show the marital status of Australia's and Canada's populations for 1999 and 2000 respectively.Write a report for a university lecturer describing the information below. 93
- Some people prefer to spend their lives doing the same things and avoiding change. Others, however, think that change is always a good things. What is your opinion on this? 85
- Every year several languages die out. Some people think that this is not important because life will be easier is there are fewer languages in the world.To what extent do you agree or disagree with this opinion. 90
- The position of women has changed markedly in the last thirty years or so. Many of the problems young people now experience, such as juvenile delinquency, arise from the fact that many married women now work and are not at home to care for their children. 90
- When international media conveys the same messages to global audience people argue that the expansion of international media has negative impacts on cultural diversity To what extent do you agree or disagree 85
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