Category: Applied Linguistics

Source: bridges together    English is the foremost medium of international communication at the present moment. Moreover, cross-cultural issues are not conceived as problematic in the overall mood but are tools used in reverse, in other words, instead of considering them as hindrances, since most of them are based on intercultural misfits, they are used…

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Learning English is a good decision and people start realizing that formal education is not the only way to practice any language. Thus, a lot of learners all over the globe try to acquire English online. In the process of doing so, they come across hundreds of websites on Internet that give you lessons, but…

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Source: Bestlifeonline.com   Myth 1: Some Languages are superior It is widely believed that some languages are inferior or unable to go hand in hand with scientific evolution. English, for instance, is seen as the only powerful language and lingua franca since it is the language of communication, business, air traffic, and scientific publications. Conversely…

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Today, English is the most widely used language in the world in the fields of economics, academia, political trades, airports, shopping centers, and so on. It is also known to be the native language of many countries.  According to Crystal (2003), one out of every four users of English in the world is a native…

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