English Facts
The popularity of English is mainly due for the influence of the British Empire and the cultural influence of the USA after World War II
English has by far the greatest vocabulary of all world languages: excluding proper nouns there are over 1,000,000 words, compared with French which has fewer than 100,000
The main influences in English vocabulary are from Latin and Ancient Greek, French, and the languages of invading Germanic tribes and predecessors of modern English. Many sets of statistics have been published on this subject, though none is considered definitive
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Forget concrete jungles. Think glass and steel icebergs ? huge, complex structures largely hidden beneath the surface. This is the future of Tokyo. With 27 million residents it is both the world?s most populous metropolis and, in many places, one of the most densely packed. That leaves little room for further expansion; already the average journey for business people within the city involves travelling like sardines on trains and buses for as long as two hours. The only solution may be to build down instead of up.
Three years ago, lawmakers passed legislation that legalised deep underground development beneath the country?s major cities. The zone, more than 120 feet below ground or 30 feet beneath existing buildings, is now open to public-works projects free of charge and without prior permission from landowners on the surface.
The plan is to craft a landscape rich with promenades, bicycle paths and gardens to form a more peaceful living environment away from the noise and pollution that lies above. Tokyo?s topography will remain one of clustered towers, however, many surface roads will turn to green belts, railway lines will disappear into tunnels and major urban systems, and everything from dumps to gas-storage tanks will move deep underground. Quite remarkably, all this is planned to be carried out by the middle of this century.
Nevertheless, economics will dictate the form Tokyo?s deep underground takes. This version of the roadway would cost $1.1 million per every 3 feet to construct; and with over 10 miles of surface to consider, costs could easily spiral out of control.
English Courses in Leeds
Our native-speaking qualified English teachers can guide you and your group at your work or at home, at a time convenient to you. Classes can take place on any day of the week - even weekends - morning, afternoon or evening. If needs be, if meeting at your office or home is not suitable, you can take your lessons at the trainer's office. Study materials are supplied for you.
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These courses in English are meant for those that feel that learning English would make a change in their work. For starters, it is expedient to learn how to say hello/goodbye, as well as basic business protocol; once the basics have been mastered, reading and writing come to the fore. Students who have greatly benefitted have been involved in import/export, international negotiations and acquisitions, jobseekers in multinational companies where another language is required, and those working in the international academia and government circuits. Even on our most fundamental beginner's course, students can anticipate ending the course with basic telephone English and e-mail English skills for communicating, as well as survival English if a short visit to the country is needed.
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This set of English tutorials are less specific and more targeted at those who want to get a range of different things from learning English. Even though all novice students will cover survival English: enough English to make a visit to the country or make good contacts with the locals, but what do you do from there? It depends on your needs. Those who have benefitted from these courses have been those moving or investing overseas, spouses of overseas nationals, people who love to travel all over the world, those interested in English culture, and those who just want to pass a specific examination in English.
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Leeds
A major city in West Yorkshire, Leeds is located on the River Aire and has a population of around 450,000. The third largest city in the UK, Leeds was an agricultural market town during the Middle Ages, growing to a merchant town mainly involved in textiles by the Tudor period. The industrial revolution led to an even more pronounced growth, until Leeds was responsible for making machinery for spinning, machine tools, and steam engines as well as other industries based on coal, textiles, chemicals, leather and pottery. Today Leeds is the largest financial centre outside London, with prevalent railway links to the rest of the country, and a quarter of the workforce are involved in financial and business services.
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