Synthesis by https://padlet.com/melissaccorlett/tjam82riildkooky Synthesise the notes on the left to make a single paragraph. You do not need to use all the information. en-us 2020-06-21 07:26:39 UTC 2020-06-26 13:28:19 UTC hello@padlet.com melissaccorlett https://padlet.com/melissaccorlett/tjam82riildkooky/wish/634842836 Topic: English is the dominant global language

(Watson, 2011)
  • international language for business and international forums (e.g. United Nations)
  • second language in many countries

(Liu, 2010)
  • used worldwide for computing and digital communications
  • internationalisation of education

(Hannan, 2009)
  • importance of English is linked to US power, i.e. 'Political'
  • more people speak Chinese worldwide

(Dowd, 2011)
  • Native English speakers are a minority in the world
  • Chinese will dominate in the future

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]]> 2020-06-21 07:37:25 UTC https://padlet.com/melissaccorlett/tjam82riildkooky/wish/634842836 Synthesised paragraph: melissaccorlett https://padlet.com/melissaccorlett/tjam82riildkooky/wish/634852778 The idea that English is the dominant language seems, intuitively, to be correct.As showed by Watson(2011) and Liu (2010), English is the official language in the world. For example, English is used as a digital communication language. In addition to this, many countries choose their second language to use English.
Conversely, some researchers have argued that Chinese could replace English in the future.  Hannan (2009) reported that the importance of a language is connected with political factor of a country and she also found that there will be more Chinese speakers globally. Dowd (2011)goes further in claiming that Chinese may be the dominate language in the future. Thus, the dominate language may vary as the changeable political status.

Meliss'as comments: Excellent work overall! See my suggestions below:

Is English really the "official" language all over the world? Is it in China and Japan?

"reported" means "described the results of a study/survey" - you need another verb here to introduce Hannan's argument. 

"dominate" is a verb - you need an adjective

as the => in accordance with the





"while" is used to contrast two ideas in the same sentence.

At the start of the sentence, you need:

"However, ..." or "On the Other hand,..."

 pointed out that Chinese is majority   that 

Use "a" if you mean "one of many, not specific" and "the" if you mean "the only one, the specific one" 







]]> 2020-06-21 07:52:46 UTC https://padlet.com/melissaccorlett/tjam82riildkooky/wish/634852778 Synthesised paragraph: melissaccorlett https://padlet.com/melissaccorlett/tjam82riildkooky/wish/634852963 It is widely believed that English is a dominate  the dominant language in the globalised world. According to Watson(2011) and Liu(2010), many nations use English as their official language in many fields and a great number of people who are not English native speakers choose English as their second languages. However,While Dowd(2011) argued that native English speakers only make up a small percentage in the world,  yet, this may not be a key factor to determine the importance of English.  The importance of the language is likely to be based on political power, and thus, Hanna(2009) points out the US is the powerful country of late. It mentions that Dowd’s argument may not be a key factor to determine the importance of English. Thus, it is reasonable to regard English as the world dominant language.

Melissa's comments: Very nice academic writing overall. See suggestions for improvement below:

The highlighted sentence would be better with "while" instead of "however", because it contains two contrasting ideas inside one sentence:

While Dowd(2011) argued that native English speakers only make up a small percentage in the world, this may not be a key factor to determine the importance of English.

You also need to add a sentence to explain why it may not be a key factor.

"most top-ranking colleges"
or
"most of the top-ranking colleges"


dominate is a verb - you need an adjective, sorry!!!
dominant

use "the" if there is only one

Feedback 2:

It mentions > 'mentions' is quite a weak verb, 'argues' is better if you are talking about an argument. I am also not sure what 'it' refers to, is it Hannan? Generally speaking, I feel you have misrepresented Hannan here, as Hannan supports Down in pointing out that more people speak Chinese. I think Hannan is predicting that US political power may end, and then people may stop using English - especially as Chinese speakers are greater in number.    




]]> 2020-06-21 07:53:05 UTC https://padlet.com/melissaccorlett/tjam82riildkooky/wish/634852963 Synthesised paragraph: melissaccorlett https://padlet.com/melissaccorlett/tjam82riildkooky/wish/634853184 The idea that English is the dominant global language seems, intuitively, to be correct. According to Liu (2010) and Watson (2011), the English plays an important role in the current business and education contexts. However, Hannan (2009) have argued that English’s situation is related to US power, which means it will change easily with the power shifting. Also due to the fact that the number of native English speakers are not the majority in the world (Dowd,2011). In particular, both Hannan (2009) and Dowd (2011) predicted that the dominant language will be replaced by Chinese in the future. Thus, English has the dominant status currently, and other language may substitute it in unpredictable future.

Melissa's comments: Excellent work overall. Be careful with singular/plural noun agreement:

another language
other languages

'future' is a singular countable noun, so it needs an article.






]]> 2020-06-21 07:53:28 UTC https://padlet.com/melissaccorlett/tjam82riildkooky/wish/634853184 Synthesised paragraph: melissaccorlett https://padlet.com/melissaccorlett/tjam82riildkooky/wish/634853255 It is widely accepted that English is in the dominant position worldwide.
Watson (2011) and Liu ( 2010) argues that English functions as an international language playing an essential role in business, education, and digital communications . Further more, English is also the second language in many countries. However, according to Hannan (2009), the international status of English is influenced by US' global impact. Meanwhile, Dowd (2011) points out that native English speakers are not the majority in the world. In addition, both of Hannan (2009) and Dowd (2011) predict that Chinese would be mainstream language worldwide in the long term.
However, according to Hannan(2009) English’s status is related to US political power, thus it could be changed with the US power strength. Due to the fact that native English speakers are minority (Dowd, 2011). In contrast, Chinese speakers are increasing worldwide currently (Hannan, 2009) .Thus, the dominant language might be Chinese in the long term. ( Dowd, 2011).
Melissa's comments:

Remember that a singular countable noun needs an article.

Your last three sentences summarise the views of the articles, but do not integrate them to make a clear point. So it seems that you are just listing points from the notes.
What is the argumentative connection between the first two of these sentences and the last sentence in the paragraph? Why China? There is a strong connection, but you need to make this clear in your writing.

English functions as

Feedback 2:

Good, much clearer flow of the argument. Two corrections:

'Change' doesn't need a passive.

Due to the fact > This is used after a clause. If you use this at the start of the sentence, you need to say: "This is due to the fact that" 


Overall a big improvement, just a couple of grammar issues to correct. 




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