Spot check p. 210 and 2 a,b and 3a p. 211

Spot Check

a) It is estimated that in 2010 there were 214 million immigrants in the world.

b) Migrants are driven by a need for jobs, education in a foreign country, driven away from their homeland by war.

c) In 2010, 199 930 thousand people were abroad in tertiary and 12956 were abroad to get a degreee.

d) Reasons why Norwegians chose to study in Britain, its close to home, a few hour with plane, they also talk English there so you can understand them easier.

e) With high mobility workers moving around, they can fill the gap of jobs that there are too few of in other countries. Higher pay is also a contributing factor, so theyt can support their families. Some negativs are that a influx of workers can oversaturate the market, lower product prices that the workers are making. Domestic workers also feel threatened by imigrants looking for work (like in the States), they have to compete with them for work, when they feel they have more of a right to work than them.

Tasks page 211.

2a) There is quite a few more women then men that choose to study abroad, and its growing. Also it hit a downcline between 2000 and 2009, but then started to grow again.

-From 2000/01 to 2009/10, there have been a incline with about 2600 studying for degrees. Many countries have seen a decrease of people studying abroad, but a few coutries have increased its numbers, like Czech Republic have seen a surgens of 200 more attending there, and Poland have gone from 327 to 1269 people.

The reason for a decrease could be it has become more expensive to study in popular countries, such as the USA, and a increase in countries were there is more cheap to study, and have gotten better education.

2b)  – There are more women then men studying in foreign countries, this could be because women, more then men want to experience the “romantic” and exciting expreiences of living in another countries.

-          The overall population of people studying abroad increases each year, this can be contributed to overall a better economy for people that could not afford to go before. Many private and gouverment funds for people wishing to go to another country to get a degree has poped up. This is because they can get information, not normaly used in their own counry and bring it home.

-          There have been a increase in students going to eastern european countries, such as Czech Republic (53-251 between 2000/01 -2009/10), Slovakia (0-265 between 1992/93- 2009/10), Poland (10-1269 between 92/93 to 2009/10).

      The reasons for this could be cheaper studies compared to more popular countries, such as the US and a better education system than 10 years ago.

3a) Texts: Number one is an objective text, it uses little adjectivs and it reads quite informative and there are no emotions in it. You are suppose to learn from it, “English is the linguistic means to the education and career end.” It is quite analytical, analysing the topic “English in studies”, “Should a person move to another country to study, he or she will have to use English as a medium of study.” It breaks the topic apart and gives you an analytical explanation of what you want to know.

the second text is diffidently an expressive text, it has lots of adjectives and using personal pronouns. Starting of it is quite apparent, “I really dig studying in English.” Just the first sentence you get a personal pronoun, an adjective and the writer’s personal expression. In addition, the writer uses personal memories, “Some of my co-students are not very strong in English so I find I’m helping them with their English.”.  It formed in an informal tone, using words like “I’m” and “Lol”. Compared to text 1, which has a formal layout. 

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