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グローバル教養科目(The Problems of English in Today’s World):5段階評価
The Problems of English in Today’s World
The English language has a complex, often contradictory status in today’s world. While it is increasingly regarded as an international lingua franca, it is also a diverse, rapidly changing language, and even fluent English speakers can struggle to understand each other. Although called a “global” language, it remains closely linked in many people’s minds to a few English-speaking countries, and there are many countries where English is barely used. In Japan, all children must study English in school, even though relatively few adults use English in their work or daily lives.
In this class, we will try to understand these contradictions by discussing topics such as the following:
- The characteristics of English as a natural language
- “Standard” English and the diversity of English
- The status of English around the world
- English, politics, and ideology
- The economics of English
- English and culture
- The status of English in Japan
- Controversies about English and English education in Japan
- Advances in artificial intelligence and the future of human language
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