world english theory

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  • Created by: ellamwood
  • Created on: 30-11-22 11:44

1. the circle model does what?

  • shows how errors occur in language and how we pass them onto others
  • shows the difficulties due to poor language skills
  • classifies the varieties of English across the globe into different circles
  • shows the stages of evolution of postcolonial varieties of language
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2. Karchu's theory

  • circle model
  • dynamic model
  • lingua franca
  • dispersal and migration

3. A Lingua Franca is

  • a language that is dead
  • a language that speakers have in common where it is not their first language
  • a language that speakers do not have in common
  • a language that speakers have in common where it is their second language

4. what disproves Karchu's model?

  • made many errors when creating the model he chose to not change so it fit his thesis
  • this theory does not exist and was made up
  • he has since revised the model. developed before the rise of the internet. does not address diversity of English in each circle
  • biased to his own beliefs, rather than taking account the level of English spoken in each country

5. Dispersal and Migration coins L2 to mean

  • the second language a person acquires
  • the second best language in the world
  • the first language a person has
  • the second most spoken language in the world
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