Developing intercultural communicative skills

Handout 3





Handout 4
Hong Kong English
The followings are examples of entries cited by Bolton. If you are not familiar with Hong kong English can you guess their meaning?
1.ABC 6. Buddha’s Delight
2.Ah 7. Canto-speak
3.BBC 8.Canto star
4.Big brother 9. Chinglish
5. Bo lei 10. Chit


Lesson 2
Globalisation and the spread of English in the modern world

Handout 1

1. 
   What was the world language 100 years ago?
   
2. 
   Which group is larger- people who speak English as a first language or people who speak English as a second language? 
   
3. 
   What are two reasons English has become an international language today?
   
4. 
   What are two reasons English isn't a good international language?
   
5. 
   What is Esperanto?
   
6. 
   What might the future international language be?
   

Handout 1

1. 
   What was the world language 100 years ago?
   
2. 
   Which group is larger- people who speak English as a first language or people who speak English as a second language? 
   
3. 
   What are two reasons English has become an international language today?
   
4. 
   What are two reasons English isn't a good international language?
   
5. 
   What is Esperanto?
   
6. 
   What might the future international language be?
   

Handout 1

1. 
   What was the world language 100 years ago?
   
2. 
   Which group is larger- people who speak English as a first language or people who speak English as a second language? 
   
3. 
   What are two reasons English has become an international language today?
   
4. 
   What are two reasons English isn't a good international language?
   
5. 
   What is Esperanto?
   
6. 
   What might the future international language be?
   

Handout 1

1. 
   What was the world language 100 years ago?
   
2. 
   Which group is larger- people who speak English as a first language or people who speak English as a second language? 
   
3. 
   What are two reasons English has become an international language today?
   
4. 
   What are two reasons English isn't a good international language?
   
5. 
   What is Esperanto?
   
6. 
   What might the future international language be?
   

Handout 1

1. 
   What was the world language 100 years ago?
   
2. 
   Which group is larger- people who speak English as a first language or people who speak English as a second language? 
   
3. 
   What are two reasons English has become an international language today?
   
4. 
   What are two reasons English isn't a good international language?
   
5. 
   What is Esperanto?
   
6. 
   What might the future international language be?