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4. Identifying patterns of text organization.

Identify description, step-by-step explanation, directions, comparison and contrast, analysis, analogy, and definition in the following paragraphs:

1. The fact that English is used for a wide range of purposes, nationally and internationally, may mislead one into believing that lingua franca English is disconnected from the many ‘special purposes’ it serves in key societal domains. English might be more accurately described as a lingua economica ..., a lingua emotiva ... , a lingua academica ... , or a lingua cultura ..., a lingua bellica ... , a lingua americana ... .

2. One of the most visible causal factors is cultural globalisation in the media, which utilise the original language in the north of Europe: 70-80% of all TV fiction shown on European TV is American. ... By contrast in the USA the market share of films of foreign origin is 1%.

3. What therefore needs further analysis is whether English is a cuckoo in the European higher education nest of languages, a lingua cucula. Cuckoos substitute their own eggs for those in place, and induce other species to take on the feeding and learning processes. Higher education authorities in the Nordic countries are increasingly addressing the question of cohabitation between the local language and English..

Find in the text as many patterns of text organization as you can.

5. Reviewing and reciting the text.

Take 5-6 minutes to review and recite the text with the help of the following context clues:

a) Numerical statements, such as "There are two reasons ...".

b) Rhetorical questions.

c) Introductory summaries: "Let me first explain..."; "The topic which I intend to discuss is interesting because...".

d) Development of an idea, signalled by statements such as: "Another reason..."; "On the one hand..."; "Therefore..."; "Since..."; "In addition..."; etc.

e) Transitions, such as "Let us turn our attention to..."; "If these facts are true, then..."; etc.

f) Chronology of ideas, signalled by "First... "; "The next..."; "Finally...,"; etc.

g) Emphasis of ideas, such as "This is important because..."; "The significant results were..."; "Let me repeat..."; etc.

h) Summary of ideas, signalled by "In conclusion...; As I have shown... "; etc.

6. What circumstantial evidence can be inferred from the following paragraph:

While English manifestly opens doors for many worldwide, it also closes them for others, as recounted by an Indian with experience of the language being seen as a lingua divina (Chamaar 2007), for which he had rather more empirical justification than the hopefully apocryphal story of the American head teacher informing immigrants that if English was good enough for Jesus, it was good enough for them.

7. The tone of the passage could best be described as: (A) objective; (B) optimistic; (C) angry; (D) humorous.

8. What is the author's attitude toward the English language in science and education expressed in the following paragraph?

Science cannot be advanced without the English language and textbooks and students will make better progress in the sciences by taking the English textbooks and learning the English (stet.) to boot than they will by giving exclusive attention to their own language and textbooks in our field and the same is true of any field where the Gospel is preached to intelligent beings.

Answer choices:

The author's opinion of the English language in science and education is best described as (positive, favorable, optimistic, amused, pleased; negative, respectful; critical, outraged, worried, unfavorable, angry, defiant; neutral, objective, impersonal, humorous.

The author's attitude toward the English language in science and education could best be described as one of (a researcher interest, approval, indifference, curiosity, etc.)