LANGUAGES COMPARISON GERMAN ENGLISH RUSSIAN FRENCH ITALIAN Larger in landmass than US Doubled in population than US One dominant language in US English Europe home to more than ID: 635737
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SS6G11aDIVERSITY OF EUROPEANLANGUAGESSlide2
COMPARISON:GERMAN, ENGLISH, RUSSIAN, FRENCH, ITALIAN
Larger in landmass than U.S.Doubled in
population
than U.S.
One dominant language in U.S. (English)Europe: home to more than two hundred native languages3 main categories: Germanic, Romance, and SlavicSlide3
GERMANIC:Has the most native speakersLive mostly in northwest
and central Europe20 percent of Europeans speak one or two languages: English and German as their native languageLearn English
as second
language
in schools even if not at home.Slide4
ROMANCEIncludes French,
Italian, and SpanishFound in the south and west of Europe
Languages come from
Latin
, the language of the ancient Roman EmpireRoman alphabet used to write both Romance and Germanic languages Slide5
SLAVICSlavic languages include Russia
Found in central and eastern EuropeDo not always use Roman alphabetInstead written with Cyrillic
alphabetSlide6
HAVING MANY LANGUAGES CAN BE CHALLENGINGDifficult to
live, work, and trade with people who cannot communicate with each otherEuropeans have worked hard to solve this problem:
school
children learn one or two other languages beside their ownEuropean Union has twenty three “official” languagesSlide7
THE LITERACY RATE AND STANDARD OF LIVING
The ability to read and writeUsually found in develop or industrialized countries
Standard of living is
high
Increase wealth of countries allows them to provide better education, healthcare, access to technologySlide8
SS6G11 Europe’s LanguagesAre there more or fewer language groups than you expected? Explain.
Within each language group, there are many dialects of each language. So even within the groups there are differences. Do you think these divisions within groups are also important? Why or why not?Why do you think language is important to groups and regions?Is a common language necessary? Why or why not?
What are the pros of increasing language diversity?
What
are the cons? How does ethnic diversity impact our state and our community?Slide9
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES or Third World countries:Not much industry; depend on farming
for most of their wealthFewer people read and write
Education, healthcare and jobs not easily
available
May be restricted to allow boys to workLower pay jobs, countries are poor, people are uneducatedDifficult to pay for education when there is little money for foodTHE LITERACY RATE AND STANDARD OF LIVINGSlide10
Russia is different:
High literacy rate; low GDP(total value of goods and services produced in a country in one year)Always required education: poverty declining and Russia’s economy is growingSlide11
LITERACY RATE AND PER CAPITA GDP
COUNTRYLITERACY RATE
GDP per person
United Kingdom 99% $ 35,100
France 99% 33,000Russia 99% 14,700
Germany 99% 33,200
Italy 98% 30,400
United States 99% 47,400
Literacy - ability to
read
and
write
Gross Domestic Product
(GDP) – total value of goods and services produced in a country in one year