English as a world language

Our company did a presentation about English as a world language and these are the most important facts about it:

Explanation

learned as second language; used in international organizations, politics, business, education; wide geographical distribution

Colonialism

15^th and 16^th century – Age of Discovery; colonies in America and Asia, Africa, Pacific; England was the leading colonial power; 1783 – War of Independence – lost America

William the Conqueror

* 1028 in Falaise (France); 1066 – 1087 King of England;

everybody tried to speak French – mixed up

Example: wedding – marriage

Denglish

like originally German; very popular; used in TV-Spots or shop windows

old people don‘t understand

Example: sale – Ausverkauf

Different dialects

other region – other dialect; different pronunciation and vocabulary

some dialects:

· American English

· Australian English

Scottish English

· lake – loch

· men’s skirt – kilt

· young girl – lassie

Difference American – British English

different writing; different meaning of words

Example: shop – shoppe, apartment – flat

Top 10 languages

1. Chinese: 1.200.000

2. Spanish: 329.000

3. English: 328.000

False used language

false friends: aktuell – actual

prepositions

meaning and structure: false translated

Political correctness

new words for:

· race: African American – not Black

· gender: firefighter – not fireman

· disability: visibly challenged – not blind

four-letter-words list: words which are not allowed to be used on TV and radio

Video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwgHCM5VzZU

Our Offers

COFFEE:

Cafe au lait (french coffee)

Cafe frappe (greek coffee)

Cafe mocha (... espresso with milk)

Cappuchino (... espresso and a lot of milk)

Carajillo (spainish espresso with whiskey, rum or grappa)

Cortado (spainish coffee with strong espresso)

Icecoffee (chocolate or vanilla)

Espresso (italian)

Irish Coffee (coffee with whiskey)

Melange (sorts of coffee from vienna with a lot of milk)

Mokka-Coffee (turkish coffee with milk and mokka)


Other HOT drinks:

hot chocolate (white and dark chocolate)

tea (all sorts, from black to fruit tea)


SWEETS:

Dougnuts

Muffins

Cakes

- different sorts


SNACKS:

- different sorts

About us

COMPANY:

Our company is a fast-growing retailer of coffee and snacks with a well established sales network both in Europe and overseas.

We are interested in supplying our customers with excellent, natural coffee. It is very important for us that the coffeebeans, which are used for our coffee, grow without any poisioning.

MEMBERS:

Position: President
Name: JUlia Inreiter
Age: 17
Community: Pregarten
Hobbies: reading, travelling, listening to music, ...

Position: Vice President
Name: KAtrin Aichinger
Age: 17
Community: Ried in der Riedmark
Hobbies: playing volleyball and the guitar , reading, travelling, ...

Position: Marketing Manager
Name: LIsa Wahlmüller
Age: 16,8
Community: Ried in der Riedmark
Hobbies: boxing, travelling, driving the car, ...

CONTACT:

kajuli.coffeeshop@gmail.com

KAJULI Coffeeshop
Dirnbergerstr. 41
4320 Perg

If you need our telephone number, please ask for it in an e-mail.

Yours KAJULI-team!