Please read thechapter on language in your textbook and then watch three short videosfrom Frontline World (some suggestions are listed below). For thisweek’s DB assignment you should discuss the following questions/topics:Please discuss how and why a particular language (such as English)came to be distributed the way that it is around the world? Are theprocesses globalization influencing the changing distribution andsignificance of this language? If so, why? If not, why not?How can language play a role as either a unifying (centripetal) ordevolutionary (centrifugal) force for a country? Please use somespecific examples (e.g., Nigeria, Quebec, Yugoslavia, etc.) in yourdiscussion.
You can use any 3 relevant films from the PBS Frontline World site at:
http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/
. Here are a few suggested films: