1. Chapter 5, Key Issue 4

2. Group Presentations Multilingual States  Belgium, Switzerland, Nigeria Isolated Languages  Basque, Icelandic, Koro Aka Extinct and Revived Languages  Native American Languages, Gothic  Hebrew Preserving Endangered Languages  Celtic, Welsh, Irish  Breton, Scottish, Cornish Language Policy Case Studies, Part I  Australia  New Zealand Language Policy Case Studies, Part II  France

3. English English as a global language- why? Lingua franca- what is it?  Are lingua francas unfair? Why or why not? What is a pidgin language?  Do pidgin languages have native speakers?

4. English Expanding Expansion Diffusion  New vocabulary, spelling, and pronunciation  English words fusing with other languages Examples  AAVE  Appalachian English  Different than past examples in one distinct way- how? (hint: not hierarchical diffusion)

5. English Diffusion to Other Languages Franglais  Differing views? Why? Spanglish  Similar or different in its adoption than Franglais? How? Denglish

6. Spanish is to the US as… Spanish in the US French in Canada  French-speaking Quebec  Should Quebec be independent? Why or why not?  How could language have affected Quebec’s development?

7. English on the Internet English is currently the online language leader- why? Will it be overtaken by Mandarin? Would that matter? What are some examples of how English and the United States are dominant on the Internet?

8. https://www.ted.com/talks/jay_walker_on_the_world_s_english _mania/transcript?language=en