Black History Month.pptx by Leselle Marie Hatcher

"Don't insist on English" activity.

Today's video for the Teachers; and these are the discussion questions below. The video is a little long (10 minutes) so I will only show part of it. See you this afternoon! 

Discussion Questions:

Do you think it is a good thing or a bad thing that English has become a “universal language learned around the world?

Do you think institutions should require that students speak English? Are these kinds of tests necessary?

Is it valuable to have access to many different languages rather than just one?

What role do you think English should play in higher education? Should there be a minimum level of spoken English required for admission?

Why are you learning English? If you could further your career or studies without doing so, would you?

Should everybody learn English? What would the consequences of this be?

Is speaking more than one language always an advantage?

If not English, is there another language that should be the globally accepted method of communication?

What has your experience leaning English been like?

Do you think that English education is responsible for cultural loss? If so, how would you solve this problem?

Do students who use English to study in foreign universities lose some of their own culture, or just gain parts of another?

Is globalization a good or a bad thing, and what part does language play in this process?

What would you do if did not spend so much time studying English?