WHY ENGLISH?

3RD LARGEST, 1 BILLION

Norwegian is not a «lingua franca»

EN GLISH IS N OT ALL AB O UT SHAKESPEARE!

WHAT IS ENGLISH?

NATIONAL LANGUAGE

LINGUA FRANCA

COMMUNICATION

INTERNATIONAL CULTURE

SOCIAL LIFE

POLITICAL DOMINANCE

WORLD HISTORY

STUDY LANGUAGE

WORK LANGUAGE

RESEARCH LANGUAGE

LANGUAGE OF POLITICS

A GOAL IN ITSELF?

INTERCULTURAL COMPETENCE

ADVANCED VOCABULARY?

AN EXAMPLE OF CULTURAL

MISUNDERSTANDINGS

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Z_3AhZh8Y0

VG2:

INTERNATIONAL ENGLISH

STRUCTURE

VG3:

ENGLISH SOCIAL STUDIES

ENGLISH LITERATURE AND CULTURE

LANGUAGE LEARNING

COMMUNICATION

CULTURE, SOCIETY AND LITERATURE

BASIC SKILLS

BEING ABLE TO READ

BEING ABLE TO EXPRESS ONESELF ORALLY

EXPRESSING ONESELF IN WRITING

NUMERACY

WELCOME!