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English kills the other languages

Hello everyone!

Today we would like to talk about the topic “English kills the other languages”.

The truth is that we have for some time now began to replace some of our Portuguese words with English ones and we are not aware that it is happening. English is becoming more and more present in our lives. Kids learn English in school at the same time that they learn their own language - Portuguese, and they grow up with the Internet and social networks where the main language is English. The same thing happens with movies, series, music and games. Everything comes from English-speaking countries and we have to deal with it, being forced to learn their language.

An area where this happens a lot is in Technology. Most of the expressions that we learn (in this area) are in English. Software, Hardware, CDs, etc. are some examples of words that we don’t have in Portuguese, so we use the English ones.

But there are some concepts for which we have the Portuguese word and we prefer to use the English ones. So, in our opinion, we are killing our language when we do that.

Some examples are:

•          Dia das bruxas (Portuguese)/ Halloween (English)  
•          Rosquinha (Portuguese)/ Doughnuts (English)
•          Correio Eletronico (Portuguese)/ Email (English)
•          Entrada (Portuguese)/ Hall (English)
•         Conjunto (Portuguese)/ Kit (English)

And why do we do that?

We asked some people this question and the reactions we got were mostly the same. Firstly, they didn’t know why they do that, because they never really thought about it. Then they said that they use the English words instead of the Portuguese ones because it’s easier and everyone does that too.

To sum up, maybe English is really killing our language or maybe we are the ones that are doing that, without a specific reason.

Halloween

This Halloween we suggest :

   The Nightmare
 before  Christmas          Hocus Pocus           Caroline

           Corpse Bride    Hotel Transylvania     Monster House

American vs British words

Us

Hi!!!
My name is Rita. I'm shy, a little bit different and I love books.
My favorite book is The Selection by Kiera Cass, I love yellow and I watch Once Upon a Time, which is a TV show about fairytales (but not like you think).


Hello
I'm Andreia.
I have a dog (a big dog) and a cat, their names are Lucky and Zézé.
In the future I will have a new pet. Wait to see.
I'm stubborn and organized.


What's up ?
I'm Armanda and I hate my daily routine, because I hate to wake up early.
I love to watch TV and I like TV shows like Masterchef, because I love to cook.
I'm very polite but I like to have the last word.
In the future I'd like to be a successful economist.

Introduction

We are students in ESCT ( Escola Secundária de Caldas das Taipas), a secundary school in Guimarães, Portugal.

In this blog we will post some little projects that we are carrying out in the English class . Our goal is to teach english in a funny way through videos, reflections and some other activities.

WE HOPE YOU ENJOY !!!!

ps: sorry for the mistakes, we are not genious , we are Portuguese and still learning English.