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TEXT II
LEARN ENGLISH ONLINE: HOW THE INTERNET IS CHANGING LANGUAGE
Online, English is now a common language for
users from around the world. In the process, the
language itself is changing. Noah Webster thought that a
common language brings people together and helps
5 create a new identity.
Webster’s dictionary, now is in its 11th edition, adopted
the Americanized orthography familiar today “–er” in
place of “–re” in theatre, not using the “u” from colour,
losing one “l” in traveller, and listed new words for
10 example, skunk and squash.
The Internet is creating a similar language
evolution, but at a much faster velocity. Some linguists
anticipate that in 10 years English will dominate the
Internet, but in very different forms. That’s because
15 people who speak English as a second language are
more in number than native speakers. And they use it to
communicate with other non-native speakers, particularly
on the Internet where people don’t pay so much attention
to grammar and orthography and users don’t have to
20 preoccupy about their way of speaking.
Users of Facebook, for example, ____________
in a number of different “Englishes” including Indian
English, or Hinglish, Spanglish (Spanish English) and
Konglish (Korean English). For a long time, these
25 variations existed in individual cultures, but now they are
expanding and becoming popular online. “On the Internet
all that is important is that people can communicate –
nobody has a right to tell them what the language has to
be,” says Baron.
30 The intensification of the use of the Internet in
everyday life means that language online is not a zero
result game. On the contrary, it permits multiple
languages to show up and they are mixing into English
that is becoming the world’s lingua franca.
Adapted from http://www.bbc.cokh/news/magazine-20332763
Acessado em 25/03/2013
Glossary:
To lose: perder, retirar
Lingua franca: idioma usado globalmente para a comunicação
Read the word in italics in the text. The expression “Englishes” (line 22) is related to
TEXT II
LEARN ENGLISH ONLINE: HOW THE INTERNET IS CHANGING LANGUAGE
Online, English is now a common language for
users from around the world. In the process, the
language itself is changing. Noah Webster thought that a
common language brings people together and helps
5 create a new identity.
Webster’s dictionary, now is in its 11th edition, adopted
the Americanized orthography familiar today “–er” in
place of “–re” in theatre, not using the “u” from colour,
losing one “l” in traveller, and listed new words for
10 example, skunk and squash.
The Internet is creating a similar language
evolution, but at a much faster velocity. Some linguists
anticipate that in 10 years English will dominate the
Internet, but in very different forms. That’s because
15 people who speak English as a second language are
more in number than native speakers. And they use it to
communicate with other non-native speakers, particularly
on the Internet where people don’t pay so much attention
to grammar and orthography and users don’t have to
20 preoccupy about their way of speaking.
Users of Facebook, for example, ____________
in a number of different “Englishes” including Indian
English, or Hinglish, Spanglish (Spanish English) and
Konglish (Korean English). For a long time, these
25 variations existed in individual cultures, but now they are
expanding and becoming popular online. “On the Internet
all that is important is that people can communicate –
nobody has a right to tell them what the language has to
be,” says Baron.
30 The intensification of the use of the Internet in
everyday life means that language online is not a zero
result game. On the contrary, it permits multiple
languages to show up and they are mixing into English
that is becoming the world’s lingua franca.
Adapted from http://www.bbc.cokh/news/magazine-20332763
Acessado em 25/03/2013
Glossary:
To lose: perder, retirar
Lingua franca: idioma usado globalmente para a comunicação
Read the word in italics in the text. The expression “Englishes” (line 22) is related to
Resolução comentada
'Englishes' refere-se às variedades de inglês usadas no mundo.
O plural 'Englishes' designa as várias formas de inglês, como Hinglish, Spanglish e Konglish. Isso corresponde aos tipos de inglês que falantes do mundo todo usam.
Análise das alternativas
A) Errada: não se trata de uma segunda língua específica. C) Errada: são variedades do inglês, não línguas diferentes. D) Errada: o texto não fala de um inglês estudado para conversar na internet.
Referência: BBC – Learn English online: how the Internet is changing language
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