USA Eric Fileta The United States of America

USA Eric Fileta The United States of America Presented by: Eric Fileta

USA Eric Fileta Main Ideas 1. ) Country Profile 2. ) Linguistic Profile 3. ) Best Learning Environment 4. ) English Lesson

1. ) Country Profile History Geography Economy Religion

FR 15, 000 years ago Paleo Indians History Add a footer 4

FR Hi History 5 July 4 th, 1776 Add a footer

FR 1865 HISTORY • Civil War 6

FR Geography • 50 states and 16 territories • 5 territories with people and 11 without • Variety of weather • Lack of passports Add a footer 7

FR Territories Add a footer 8

FR Religion • • 73. 7% Christian 18. 2% No religion 2. 1% Jewish 0. 8% Islam Add a footer 9

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FR $59, 000 GDP • Imports 1 st (What is it, can you guess? $369, 000, 000 worth of it every year • Exports 2 nd (What is it, can you guess? ) https: //www. focus-economics. com/blog/richest-countries-in-the-world 11

FR Military • Largest employer (Walmart # 2) • 600 bases overseas • 30, 000 troops in Korea Add a footer 12

Background Brief Background of • • • 15, 000 years ago Paleo Indians July 4 th, 1776 May 9 th, 1865 $59, 000 Import # 1 Export # 2 Add a footer 13

2. ) Language Profile • • World Englishes Diversity Language use other than English and Spanish Add a footer 14

FR The Expanding Circle The outer Circle The Inner Circle

FR World Englishes

Standard English FR

Digital Divide FR • Can you guess what this means? Add a footer 18

FR Digital divide

FR Diversity/language usage in USA • 17. 6% Hispanic • 13. 3% Black • 5. 6% Asian Add a footer 20

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3. ) Best Learning Environment • A college town • Similar to: • https: //en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Bloo mington, _Indiana Add a footer 23

Why a college Town • • • More liberal/Open-minded Educated More Social Capital (Fileta, 2019) Less Social Distance (Fileta, 2019) Cheap (Maslow) Many input/output opportunities (Spolsky, 1995) Add a footer 24

FR 4. ) English Lesson English is the fastest changing language in the world with many different countries adding norms. • 'I go bus-stop wait for you, ’ • 'Two dollar onny, dis one, ’ • 'Wah! So espensive one, cannot leh. ’ • Mixture of four official languages: English, Mandarin, Malay, and Tamil. . New norms 25

FR NORMS

More Singlish FR • https: //youtu. be/pb 4 XSy-d 2 Ck Urban Dictionary 27

FR English Slang The Urban Dictionary • I recommend using the urban dictionary from time to keep up on current language trends • https: //www. urbandictionary. com • Let’s just explore the letter “A” Add a footer 28

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FR Review Disscussed • • 1. ) Country Profile 2. ) Linguistic Profile 3. ) Best Learning Environment 4. ) English Lesson Add a footer Future Predictions • CHANGE IS GOOD CHANGE IS INEVITABLE 30

USA Eric FIleta Thank You. Eric Fielta 01030724214 ericfielta@gmail. com