ENGL E101F W1 S2_L21

Some interesting statistics about languages

How many languages are spoken all over the world?

More than 7,000

Some interesting statistics about languages

What is the most spoken language in the world?

Some interesting statistics about languages

https://www.berlitz.com/en-uy/blog/most-spoken-languages-world

The statistics were last updated on 3 Sept 2021.

The top 5:

1.132 m

379 m

English

753 m

universal language in international business, tourism, etc

918 m

1.117 m

199 m

Mandarin

Lingua Franca of all Chinese dialects

615 m

Hindi

341 m

274 m

Spanish

534 m

460 m

74 m

French

203 m

280 m

77 m

Some interesting statistics about languages

https://www.berlitz.com/en-uy/blog/most-spoken-languages-world

The statistics were last updated on 6 Feb 2023.

The top 5:

1.452 m

English

372.9 m

1,079.1 m

1.118 m

Mandarin

929 m

189 m

Hindi

343.9 m

258.1 m

602 m

474.7m

Spanish

548 m

73.3 m

French

280 m

79.9 m

200.1 m

Some interesting statistics about languages

https://www.berlitz.com/en-uy/blog/most-spoken-languages-world

The top 5:

1.132 m

379 m

English

753 m

More non native speakers than native speakers

1.452 m

1,079.1 m

372.9 m

An increase in the population

A slight decrease in NS

Quite an increase in NNS

More native speakers than non native speakers

1.117 m

Mandarin

918 m

199 m

1.118 m

929 m

189 m

An increase in the population An increase in NS but a decrease in NNS

More native speakers than non native speakers

Hindi

615 m

341 m

274 m

602 m

343.9 m

258.1 m

A decrease in the population

An increase in NS but a decrease in NNS

Some interesting statistics about languages

https://www.berlitz.com/en-uy/blog/most-spoken-languages-world

The top 5:

Spanish

460 m

534 m

74 m

More native speakers than non native speakers

474.7m

548 m

73.3 m

An increase in the population

An increase in NS but a slight decrease in NNS

French

280 m

77 m

203 m

Not much change in the total number

More NNS than NS

280 m

79.9 m

200.1 m

An increase in the number of NS but a decrease in the number of NNS

Some interesting statistics about languages

Is English the most popular learnt language?

According to the statistics provided by Berlitz.com, the % of NNSs in each speaking population in 2021 is:

How about 2023?

Spanish

Chinese

13%

16.9%

42.9%

74.3%

71.5%

13%

17.8%

44.5%

66.5%

72.5%

Hindi

English

French

Assignment 1

Due date: 20 October 2023 (Week 7)

Weighting: 16% of the total course score

Total: 857 words

Assignment 1 Part 1

Any observation?

Assignment 1 Part 1

Key words:

How to squeeze 857 words into 180 words

180 words

Summarize

Assignment 1 Part 1

Focuses:

Summary: no personal evaluation and comments

Tsang's arguments

Tsang's position

Assignment 1 Part 1

Please bear in mind:

Assignment 1 Part 1

16-20

Very good

Very good control of language; only very occasional errors or inappropriacies could be found.

The language marks should be based on the student's own language and/or their attempts to paraphrase.

Award 0 to language for summaries which contain large chucks of texts directly copied from the passage or summaries which are not written in paragraphs.

16-20

Very good

The summary is complete with (nearly) all key ideas identified. Ideas are presented clearly and arranged logically. No irrelevant materials are found.

Assignment 1 Part 1

Let's practise

Skim and scan the article 'Counting the Costs'.

Try to local the key points related to (1) Tsang's position and (2) Tsang's arguments.

Do it on the paper provided. DON'T DISCUSS.

Any observation?

Assignment 1 Part 2

Do you know what they are?

Guinness World Record

(Guinness World Record traveller)

epic

(epic 10-year journey)

Assignment 1 Part 2

Guinness World Record:

The Guinness World Records is a reference book published annually, listing world records both of human achievements and the extremes of the natural world. The book itself holds a world record, as the best-selling copyrighted book of all time. It also offers record verification services to individuals and organizations aiming to set a world record.

Source: Chatgpt@hkmu.edu.hk

Assignment 1 Part 2

What is the longest English word in the Guinness Book of World Records?

Which university has the biggest student population in the Guinness Book of World Records?

Let's compare the answers provided by chatgpt and google search.

Assignment 1 Part 2

Then what is the Guinness World Record traveller ?

Assignment 1 Part 2

Then what is the Guinness World Record traveller set to complete epic 10-year journey?

Assignment 1 Part 2

What about the Guinness World Record traveller who travelled only by ship for 10 years?

Assignment 1 Part 2

What is epic?

Let's compare the answers provided by chatgpt and Collins CoBuild Dictionary.

Assignment 1 Part 2

What is epic?

Assignment 1 Part 2

What is epic?

Assignment 1 Part 2

epic 10-year journey

= a 10-year long and impressive journey

It is a news report about the 10-year long and impressive journey by a Guinness World Record traveller whose name is Torbjorn "Thor" Pedersen.

Assignment 1 Part 2

Then what are you going to do for Part 2 of Assignment 1?

Course outcomes

Demonstrate knowledge of the basic functional and structural properties

of the English language

Word choice

Study

Word class

Structure

Function

Social purposes

Sentence patterns

Function: Study

Academic writing

• Summarising

• Paraphrasing

• Citation and referencing

Examples

Question:

Do Hong Kong people like travelling?

Which is more academically written?

Examples

Example 2

Example 1

Yes, they do. Hong Kong people like travelling. According to UNWTO, 87.6 million Hong Kong people travelled abroad in the first half of 2015 and they spent about USD23.6 billion on travelling, making Hong Kong the 4th largest outbound market in Asia and the 14th in the world.

Yes, they do. Many people in Hong Kong spend their holidays overseas. They like going to Taiwan, Japan, Korea and European countries such as the UK, France and Italy. Sometimes they go with their families. Sometimes they travel alone.

Comments

Example 2 is more academically written.

• clearer and more precise.
• supported by facts and statistics
• more complex sentence structure

Yes, they do. Hong Kong people like travelling. According to UNWTO, 87.6 million Hong Kong people travelled abroad in the first half of 2015 and they spent about USD23.6 billion on travelling, making Hong Kong the 4th largest outbound market in Asia and the 14th in the world.

Implication on university writing assignment

University writing is different from secondary school writing in terms of

• Structure
• Grammar
• Use of academic features

Activity 7 (P. 9 & 10)

Proofreading

One grammatical error on every line.

No punctuation errors

Do not make unnecessary changes including the meaning

Activity 7 (P. 9 & 10)

Activity 7 (P. 9 & 10)

Activity 7 (P. 9 & 10)

Aux. Verb: auxiliary verb e.g has come

Participle: present (going), past (gone)

Prep: preposition

are rotated

lasting

to signal

At

would like

information

Activity 7 (P. 9 & 10)

The key to conquer proofreading,

Be able to know each part of speech well

Here is a simple quiz to test if you know part of speech well.

Qualities

In Activity 6, how did Lisa describe Mark?

lively, cheerful and talks a lot

Bubbly and outgoing

Being bubbly and outgoing: two qualities of Mark

You can find more qualities in Activity 3.

Activity 3 (P. 6)

6. intelligence

7. passion

8. sense of humour

9. ambition

10. confidence

1. independence

2. looks

3. optimism

4. conversational skills/communicative skills

5. sociability

Writing practice

Choose one of the qualities mentioned in Activity 3 and explain in about 150 words why it is a quality that men would look for in women or vice versa.