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History of English in Jordan Paper

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Added on  2020-04-21

History of English in Jordan Paper

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New English 2Executive SummaryThe purpose of this paper is to understand the use of English language in the present time and thevarious issues related to in the selected country Jordan. The paper is developed to present the historical background of English in Jordan, the political influence in the use of English language in the country. They later part of the report will highlight the various socio-cultural implications and affects in the use of English language as well as the various linguistic issues that have a major influence on the English learning in Jordan.
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New English 3ContentsIntroduction......................................................................................................................................2History.............................................................................................................................................2Political Background.......................................................................................................................3Socio-cultural impacts on English language and linguistic issues..................................................4Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................7References........................................................................................................................................8
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New English 4IntroductionIn present world, there is no doubt that English is regarded as the international or global language. English is considered as the language which has been spread across the globe in an extensive and dominating manner in almost all the fields comprising communication, education and international commerce. Jordan is not an exception to such a worldwide trend. There are several countries that have included English as the compulsory subject in the school curriculum so that it can contribute to the cultural, social, linguistic and personal development of the students. In countries like Jordan, English language is given high priority in the policy of foreign language. There are increasing numbers of issues which are faced by the EFL teachers in order toteach English in Jordan. Teaching English language in a foreign nation is a tough job and had to face a number of challenges too because of diverse cultural backgrounds, shorter time duration, different learning preferences and various other issues (Alhabahba, Pandian AND Mahfoodh, 2016). But with the increasing involvement of the Government and supporting policies, there are practices for resolving all these issues and to give English language as the status of national language of Jordan. HistoryThe official language of Jordan is Arabic and is spoken even by the various ethnic minorities who usually maintain their personal or own languages for their day-to-day lives. But there is continuous spread of English too looking towards the history of English in Jordan. There is a continuous spread of English language in Jordan both at the school as well as the university levelwhich can be analysed by various reports and data in context with the continuously increasing number of students to be registered yearly in the department of English across the nation. In the period of early 1962, there was only a single department of English in Jordan country establishedat the city of Amman. Later to this in the period of 1976 to 1985, there was an increase in the number of departments of English and it reached to 3 (Drbseh, 2013). After that, in the period of 1986 to 2013, there was much interest developed for English language and the number raised to 30 of the total English departments in Jordan. Steaming appeared as an essential aspect as the flow of ten students ass continuously widening wishing to be registered under the English
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