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Verbal Communication(Importance of Language in Communication)
What is Language?
Edward Sapir:
“Language is not only a vehicle for the expression of thoughts, perceptions, sentiments, and values characteristic of a community; it also represents a fundamental expression of social identity.”
Benjamin Whorf:
“Language shapes thoughts and emotions, determining one’s perception of reality.”
Do you think that human language is learned or inherited?
Human Language
Human language is unique because it is a symbolic communication system that is learned instead of biologically inherited.
Importance of Language
Language is a tool to learn knowledgetransmit informationexpress feelings, emotions and
ideasforge cultural tiesconstruct social identity
English Language
Lingua Franca ---- Language of mutual communication
English is the required international language of communication, science, information technology, business, seafaring, aviation, entertainment, radio and diplomacy.
How was the English language spread beyond the British Isles?
Spread of English
Colonization------ 16th to 19th centuries
Dominant language in the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
The growing economic and cultural influence of the US and its status as a global superpower since World War II have significantly accelerated the language's spread across the planet
Importance of English
Official language of 53 countries
One of six official languages of the United Nations
Spoken by more than 300 million native speakers, and between 400 and 800 million foreign users
Working knowledge of English-----requirement in a number of fields
Bridge to communicate with people from other parts of the world
English has replaced German as a dominant language of science Nobel Prize laureates.
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Command over English can
create possibilities each day to connect with people worldwide
help you get jobs easily enable you to gain lots of knowledge by reading
newspapers, story books, essays, online sites and journals and any of the greatest and famous writing written in English by poets, authors or leaders.
English Literature---- Window to world literature
In short…….
The English language is one of the most important tools available to us.
It is one of the international languages, a tool of
communication between countries, cultural groups, various companies, organizations and communities.