English: a living language (Com CD) by Silvina Strieder https://padlet.com/silvina_strieder/nvyvgfqelg7454y0 "Language cannot exist on its own..." S. Thorne en-us 2022-03-28 13:08:31 UTC 2026-01-24 20:54:40 UTC hello@padlet.com Hello, everyone! šŸ˜„ https://padlet.com/silvina_strieder/nvyvgfqelg7454y0/wish/2543716041
My name is Natalia Civalero. Iā€™m from General Pico, La Pampa, and Iā€™m in 5th year of the teaching track. Currently, Iā€™m living in CĆ³rdoba capital with my husband and my two cats. 
Iā€™m very excited about this course and learning more about the history of English!

As regards the questions posed (Is English a living language? Why/ Why not?
Why do languages change?), I believe English is a living language because, as we said in class, it is still used by native and non-native speakers and it is changing. Languages change because they adapt to the needs of their users. Some causes of change may be social factors, regional factors, or historical factors.

Iā€™m looking forward to reading your contributions! See you in class šŸ¤—


]]> 2023-04-04 14:00:31 UTC https://padlet.com/silvina_strieder/nvyvgfqelg7454y0/wish/2543716041 Hii! https://padlet.com/silvina_strieder/nvyvgfqelg7454y0/wish/2546351906 My name is Sofia. I'm from Peru but I've live my whole life in Argentina. I'm taking some subjects from 4th and 5th year of the teaching track. I've had some experience in this subject and I'm really happy this year I'll get to experience taking this subject with face-to-face classes:)

As regards the questions, I do believe English is a living language. Why? Because I believe language is a product of human beings, our way of communication, and we change, we adapt our language to fit our communicative needs. For example, in the case of lexis, as a netizen, I see many coinage of new words on Twitter  such as oomf or moots.
These new words make it easier for us to communicate with each other. English is a living language and will continue to undergo (big or small) changes as long as it is still being used.

Hoping to read more contibutions:))]]> 2023-04-06 14:47:17 UTC https://padlet.com/silvina_strieder/nvyvgfqelg7454y0/wish/2546351906 Activity 1.1 marianafranco18 https://padlet.com/silvina_strieder/nvyvgfqelg7454y0/wish/2552008724 Hey, everyone! Iā€™m Mariana. Iā€™m originally from Buenos Aires but Iā€™ve lived most of my life in Cordoba. 

 We can say that English is ā€œaliveā€ since undergoes constant change to fit the communicative needs of its users. Language change is inevitable. Whenever an event affects our political, social or economic context, the use of the language changes. Letā€™s take the Coronavirus outbreak as an example. This historical event not only has shaped our lives but our language as well. Some pre-existing terms such as ā€˜quarantineā€™, ā€˜lockdownā€™ and ā€˜key workersā€™ were rapidly used to fit our new reality. 

]]> 2023-04-12 18:25:18 UTC https://padlet.com/silvina_strieder/nvyvgfqelg7454y0/wish/2552008724 Hi Everyone! imamadhatt3rxyan https://padlet.com/silvina_strieder/nvyvgfqelg7454y0/wish/2574333026 I'm Matias. I was born here in Cordoba and I'm in different subjects from 3rd, 4th and 5th year of the teaching track, quite chaotic but that's life! I'm already thrilled with this subject and can't wait to see all the interesting topics that may unfold during the year. 

I do believe English is a living language as many other languages in today's world because they are parts of humanity which is also alive and kicking. As human beings we tend to adapt by all means to change and language isn't an exception. Language change may happen rapidly because of important events like the pandemic or slowly through time. I also believe that most of the time language change is tied to the need to describe new realities that we didn't have to mention because they didn't exist in the first place (or at least we couldn't see them) For example, nowadays it is common to find the use of the pronoun "they" in English as a third person as an inclusive option for non-binary people. Although this pronoun was already being used to refer to a neutral and unknown "someone", in the recent years people have been using the neutral option for different purposes.

Hoping to read everyone's contributions! See you on fridays haha!]]> 2023-05-02 00:14:18 UTC https://padlet.com/silvina_strieder/nvyvgfqelg7454y0/wish/2574333026 Hi! virginiabuscarolo https://padlet.com/silvina_strieder/nvyvgfqelg7454y0/wish/2579752568 I'm Antonella, I'm from a small town in San Luis: Santa Rosa. I'm taking some subjects from 4th but I have one still chasing me from 3rd haha. I'm doing the Litentiature and I'm very excited about this subject in particular! 

English is a living language, it is alive because its speakers are alive. It is still productive and used as a means of communication. Also, the fact that it is one of the most spoken languages worldwide contributes to this factor, I believe that is what mostly keeps it alive. As regards the question about language change, I do believe languages change and the main reason is that we, human beings, are in constant change, facing new realities and inventing new tools or instruments. We need the language to adapt to those new realities, we need new expressions to name things that did not exist before, and, most importantly, we need new ways of communicating. 
A good example is the new vocabulary created due to the invention of cryptocurrency: New acronyms and terms have been added to the lexis as there was a necessity to name new things: bitcoin, altcoin, cold wallet, etc. There are more examples on this page if you want to check out :) https://www.forbes.com/advisor/investing/cryptocurrency/crypto-glossary/ ]]> 2023-05-05 16:18:11 UTC https://padlet.com/silvina_strieder/nvyvgfqelg7454y0/wish/2579752568