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Article: Do we need a world language? To find out, complete the following field report--then decide for yourself.(Activity to Discover)
- Article from:
- The Evening Standard (London, England)
- Article date:
- January 1, 2007
- Author:
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THIS IZ WON FONETIK YLFUBET FOR INGLISH
Can you read that? It's a sentence written in Simplified Phonetic English--just one attempt to overcome the communications barriers inherent in our world's many different languages.
Here's the Problem
From the Internet and cell phones to jet travel, we live in an increasingly global world. Yet there are over 7,000 spoken languages among the world's nations. This can make trying to talk with each other almost like encountering a modern Tower of Babel. To solve this problem, some people argue that we need a second, universal language--one that everyone can understand.
What do you say? As a member ...