GLOBALIZATION OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE IN THE MODERN WORLD

The article considers the role of English language in the modern world. The spheres of human life in which English plays an important role are presented. A number of professions for which English is an integral part have been considered.

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The Well-Mannered Auditor

10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190466961.013.12 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

James Deaville

Keyword(s):

Nineteenth Century ◽

English Language ◽

The Self ◽

Modern World ◽

Music Making ◽

Social Events ◽

Drawing Room ◽

The Way

The chapter explores the way English-language etiquette books from the nineteenth century prescribe accepted behavior for upwardly mobile members of the bourgeoisie. This advice extended to social events known today as “salons” that were conducted in the domestic drawing room or parlor, where guests would perform musical selections for the enjoyment of other guests. The audience for such informal music making was expected to listen attentively, in keeping with the (self-) disciplining of the bourgeois body that such regulations represented in the nineteenth century. Yet even as the modern world became noisier and aurally more confusing, so, too, did contemporary social events, which led authors to become stricter in their disciplining of the audience at these drawing room performances. Nevertheless, hosts and guests could not avoid the growing “crisis of attention” pervading this mode of entertainment, which would lead to the modern habit of inattentive listening.

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Motivation towards studying english for specific purposes among students of medical and healthcare studies

JAHR ◽

10.21860/j.8.2.1 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 8 (2) ◽

pp. 151-170

Author(s):

Tajana Tomak ◽

Martina Šendula - Pavelić

Keyword(s):

English Language ◽

Principal Component ◽

Motivational Orientation ◽

English For Specific Purposes ◽

Modern World ◽

Personal Motivation ◽

Language Knowledge ◽

Healthcare Professions ◽

High Internal Consistency ◽

Medical And Healthcare

In today’s modern world marked by globalisation there are great demands for global interaction which stresses the need for English language. The aim of this paper is to recognise the importance of students’ motivation towards learning English for Specific Purposes, i.e. Medical English. In order to determine students’ preferred motivational orientation, a total number of 242 students of medical and healthcare professions were involved in the present study. The results of the principal component analysis of the questionnaire survey showed a three-factor solution with Instrumental, Integrative and Personal Motivation as subscales. Cronbach’s alpha coefficients of the subscales indicated high internal consistency. The results indicated that participants in our sample, students of medical and healthcare studies, were more integratively motivated. The participants, who self-assessed their English language knowledge as better, had also greater motivation towards learning the language.

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The World of Classical Music in the TV Series Mozart in the Jungle

AM Journal of Art and Media Studies ◽

10.25038/am.v0i17.271 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 71

Author(s):

Jelisaveta Mojsilović

Keyword(s):

Media Studies ◽

Preliminary Report ◽

English Language ◽

Classical Music ◽

Modern World ◽

Abstract Concept ◽

20Th Century Music ◽

Four Seasons ◽

The World ◽

Tv Show

Mozart in the Jungle is a popular TV show in four seasons, which premiered in December 2014 from Amazon Studios. This series is the first of its type in the English language: focusing on classical music and the life of classical musicians as its topic. In this series, the concept of classical music applies to the world of artistic music from the baroque period to the 20th century music, and to institutions that in the modern world represent artistic music, people who are practice this music and the target group for which it is intended. Thus, Mozart in the Jungle indicates that world of artistic music exists in the way of the artworld, if we understand this term according to theoretician Arthur Danto. In such a way, we are discussing the concept of classical music, which is not just some abstract concept. On the contrary, it implies an actual institution of classical music starting from the infrastructure of the institution, people who are producing it, to the building itself of that institution. Therefore, we are ‘targeting’ stereotypes of classical music and musicians, and furthermore, we are coming to possible answers on the question regarding who is Mozart in the world of the classical music featured in this series. Article received: March 25, 2018; Article accepted: May 10, 2018; Published online: October 15, 2018; Preliminary report – Short CommunicationsHow to cite this article: Mojsilović, Jelisaveta. "The World of Classical Music in the TV Series Mozart in the Jungle." AM Journal of Art and Media Studies 17 (2018): 71−77. doi: 10.25038/am.v0i17.271

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The Effective use of Authentic Materials in the English Language Classrooms

Shanlax International Journal of Arts, Science and Humanities ◽

10.34293/sijash.v7i1.556 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 7 (1) ◽

pp. 1-8

Author(s):

Parupalli Srinivas Rao

Keyword(s):

Educational System ◽

Teaching And Learning ◽

English Language ◽

Teaching Profession ◽

Modern World ◽

Authentic Materials ◽

English Classrooms ◽

Language Classrooms ◽

Effective Use ◽

English Language Classrooms

Due to the technological innovations, the twenty-first century has witnessed tremendous changes in all walks of life. The new technology abetted the extant educational system and it gifted the contemporary educational system with a newfangled drift. As a result, there have been several innovations in the field of education and English has no exception. The concept of teaching English has drastically changed and the present generation of teachers as well as the learners depend more on the latest technology that brings a greater change in teaching and learning. In the modern world, the teachers of English have been using a variety of teaching materials in order to satisfy the needs and interests of the learners. In this process, they also go for the authentic materials in addition to the prescribed textbooks with an aim to improve the standards of the learners and to develop their learners’ language skills enormously in the regular English classrooms. According to Peacock (1997), “Authentic materials are more motivating for students, even lower level students, than artificial materials”. Furthermore, Briton (1991 cited in Qura, 2001) states, “Authentic materials relate more closely to learners’ need, for they build a connection between the language classroom and the outside world. The teachers have to use all the available authentic materials such as newspapers, magazines, story books, movies, radio, TV ads, songs, label products, bus or train timetables, realia like phones and dolls so that the learners show more interest towards their leaning. As authentic materials play a vital role in promoting the learners’ learning and creates interests among learners to learn the English language in a natural way with proper motivation, the teachers of English should use these authentic materials in their day-to-day teaching profession. The present paper brings to light to the effective use of authentic materials by the teachers in the English language classrooms. For this purpose, this paper initially discusses the advantages of authentic materials in the field of education. Then this paper brings out the importance of the authentic materials that are used in the English language classrooms. Later, this paper emphasizes primarily on the effective use of the authentic materials and how they assist the teachers in their teaching and also how they help the learners to learn English in a better and easier way. Finally, this paper gives some expedient hints both to the teachers and the learners of English to how improve their teaching and learning skills colossally using the authentic materials in the English classrooms.

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Buddhist ‘nuns’ (mae chi) and the teaching of Pali in contemporary Thailand

Modern Asian Studies ◽

10.1017/s0026749x09000079 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 44 (6) ◽

pp. 1373-1408 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

STEVEN COLLINS ◽

JUSTIN MCDANIEL

Keyword(s):

English Language ◽

Social Role ◽

Modern World ◽

Buddhist Nuns

AbstractThis paper presents an ethnographic account of Buddhist ‘nuns’ involved in the teaching of Pali language and Abhidhamma in contemporary Thailand. It also reflects on both the emic-Buddhist (Pali and modern vernacular) and etic-interpretative (English-language) vocabularies which have been used to describe these women and their social role(s) and status(es). The aims of the paper are to go beyond the Weberian vocabulary usually used to describe what we will call ‘professionally celibate Buddhist women’, to escape from the ubiquitous emphasis on the issue of re-establising the Nuns’ Order (bhikkhunī-s) in the modern world in scholarship dealing with such women, and to encourage further ethnography and further civilizational interpretation of gender and asceticism.

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Teaching English Through Modern Technology: A Study of Private Language Centers, Sindh Pakistan

Education and Linguistics Research ◽

10.5296/elr.v5i1.14575 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 5 (1) ◽

pp. 113

Author(s):

Shamim Kousar ◽

Shabana Sartaj ◽

Syed Waqar Shah ◽

Shoukat Ali Lohar

Keyword(s):

Action Research ◽

Language Learning ◽

English Language ◽

New Technologies ◽

Language Teaching ◽

Modern Technology ◽

Modern World ◽

Young Generation ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

Teacher Student

In this modern world where everything is connected with new technologies and internet. Under control of the internet and new technological inventions, it is hard to undermine their contribution to foreign language teaching. This study pertains to the beginner level students doing English language diploma courses in their initial stage at a private English learning institute located in Sindh province of Pakistan. The study aims at investigating English teaching practices through SS method (Student to student) such as pair work and group study and reduce TS method (Teacher student) of teaching. In such methods modern technology such as visualizer and multimedia (modern technology) are great help for practicing a language teaching. The use of aids and tools is one of the useful resources for language learning and teaching in an easy manner. Most of the researchers’ interest lies in action research and carried out different cycles of action research such as planning, acting, observation and reflection. The study used convenient sampling to recruit participants (n=20). Data for the study included open-ended questionnaires, classroom observations and semi –structured interviews from students as well as researchers’ reflections as a supplementary source of data. The study finds multimedia usage crucial, especially by the young generation of language teachers who understand and support the idea of technology in the classroom, on the contrary to the older generation which criticizes and underestimates its importance.

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Importance of English Language in Modern World and ELLs ChallengesA Review

DJ Journal of English Language and Literature ◽

10.18831/djeng.org/2016011003 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

pp. 9-14

Author(s):

A.K Parvathi ◽

Keyword(s):

English Language ◽

Modern World

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LINGUO-CULTUROLOGICAL RESEARCH OF THE ENGLISH AND RUSSIAN PHRASEOLOGICAL UNITS IN BUSINESS DISCOURSE

BALTIC HUMANITARIAN JOURNAL ◽

10.26140/bgz3-2021-1001-0093 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 10 (34) ◽

Author(s):

D.M KHUCHBAROVA ◽

Keyword(s):

Intercultural Communication ◽

English Language ◽

Research Work ◽

Business Communication ◽

Modern World ◽

Business Relationships ◽

Economic Discourse ◽

Sociocultural Factor ◽

Business Discourse ◽

Research Findings

In the present research work, the authors conducted a linguocultural study of English and Russian phraseological units, verbalizing business relationships and compared both linguocultures in the framework of national mental attitudes. Business communication, being the main sociocultural factor of a modern world, supports intercultural communication. In the research work the authors focused on phraseological units used in business communication. The research objective is to identify the types of metaphors in the English-language publicistic texts of economic orientation and to describe the specificity of their realization. The originality of the study is conditioned by the necessity to study the metaphor as an efficient mechanism of communication and a discourse-formative factor. The research findings allow the authors to identify the basic sources of metaphors and to reveal their modifications in economic discourse.

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Applying Reciprocal Teaching Method in Teaching Reading

Studies in Linguistics and Literature ◽

10.22158/sll.v1n2p112 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 1 (2) ◽

pp. 112

Author(s):

Moh. Rodli ◽

Hari Prastyo

Keyword(s):

Reading Comprehension ◽

English Language ◽

Teaching Method ◽

Language Skills ◽

Reciprocal Teaching ◽

Modern World ◽

Teaching Reading ◽

Instructional Activity ◽

English Reading ◽

English Classroom

Reading is one of English language skills considered more important in this modern world, so reading gets more emphasize than other skills. Although receiving more attention than other language skills in English classroom, the result of students’ reading comprehension achievement is still far from expectation. To help students comprehend English reading texts and have better achievement in reading skill, Reciprocal Teaching method can be an alternative to offer. The Reciprocal Teaching method as an instructional activity that takes place in the form of dialogue, which is structured by the use of four steps: predicting, clarifying, question generating, and summarizing. Students learn to use four strategies to increase their understanding of the text being read. This method is useful for improving students’ reading effectiveness, in addition to help students better remember what they read. This paper highlights the Reciprocal Teaching method and its use as an alternative to improve students’ reading comprehension achievement.

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