1) Does cross-cultural communication involve more than just understanding each other’s language? What is the key to successful communication between people of different cultures? 2) Can people escape the curse of Babel? In what ways? What forms of communication are there? What is a universal language? 3) What is the current status of English? Why is it described as a hypercentral language? 4) What factors have contributed to the spread of English? To what extent does it have to do with the power of the countries where English is spoken as a native language? 5) How true is the statement that English has become an international language because of its structure? What are the basic characteristics of English? Include examples. 6) What do you know about Esperanto? Can Esperanto compete with English? What are its advantages and disadvantages? 7) Where can one trace the growing influence of English? What spheres of life are totally dominated by English? 8) What is your opinion of Anglicisms? How bad is the conquest of English? 9) What is meant by interlanguages? Give examples. Comment on the role of hybrid forms of English in India, in the USA and other multilingual countries. Why is Spanglish called “the language of resistance”? 10) How is English changing? What are the major threats English currently faces? 11) How does new technology influence the way English is used? Will it lead to its deterioration? 12) Can Chinese or any other language rival English? Explain your answer.

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