Spotlight - 11.2019

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Titel: Akademie/Alamy Stock Photo, Matthieu Rouil; Editorial: Katharina Bourjau; Gert Krautbauer

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EDITORIAL

FROM THE EDITOR

English today

INEZ SHARP, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

[email protected]

EDITORIAL

T

he British Council estimates that “English is

spoken at a useful level by some 1.75 billion

people worldwide”. When I saw this figure

in our feature “The state of English today”

(pp. 14–19), I went back and read the sentence again.

When had English gone from millions of speakers to

well over a billion? It made me aware of just how many

influences the language of Shakespeare is subject to, and

to ask myself what the consequences for English are.

You’ll find some of the answers in our feature. By the way,

the gentle man on the cover may or may not be William

Shakespeare. There are not many pictures of our most

famous writer that are known to be genuine. We chose

this one, called “the Cobb portrait”, because, well, William

looks rather handsome, especially in his sunglasses.

Between the pages of this issue of Spotlight, you will find

a new learning tool: a vocabulary trainer on the topic of

telephoning and e-mails. This trainer — the first of seven

— is designed for easy and effective learning. Here are

some ideas for making the most of it.

You can read the English words and phrases on the left,

keeping the German list covered. Just how many words

do you know? Keep testing yourself, and perhaps mark

those expressions in pencil that you already do know.

If you find a word difficult to learn, mark it with an “x”

as a reminder to practise it. The highlighted expressions

are in the dialogues on the right and overleaf. Reading in

context may help you to remember the words. And don’t

forget the “Find out more” section. It gives you useful tips

on this area of vocabulary. Happy learning!

billion [(bIljEn]

, Milliarde

context [(kQntekst]

, Zusammenhang

genuine [(dZenjuIn]

, echt, authentisch

overleaf [)EUvE(li:f]

, umseitig

subject: be ~ to

[(sEbdZekt]

, unterworfen,

ausgesetzt sein