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Date Posted: 04:55:58 05/07/07 Mon
Author: Francidéa- Peer editing to Priscila
Subject: Re: Task two
In reply to: Priscila 's message, "Task two" on 12:35:34 05/02/07 Wed

>The influences of American culture in Brazilian
>learner’s of English
>
> Since the rise of capitalism and the beginning of
>globalization, English language has played an
>important role in modern days society. Therefore/P/ lots
>of countries have been involved in the process of
>learning and teaching English around the world. This
>can be observed in Brazil, a third world country where
>most of the population study or at least studied
>English. It has been stated that Brazilian speakers of
>English learn American English, and that North
>American culture influences strongly in/V/ Brazilians’
>process of learning. There are several ways/Ww-e/ to
>influence in a learner’s process of acquisition of a
>foreign language, such as economic status, geographic
>position and media.
> Firstly it is well – known that The United States is/Wvf/
>the most powerful country concerning economy since
>World War II. The United States rule the economy of
>the world, controlling financial transactions in the
>stock market, selling the cheapest products and
>building factories in many undeveloped countries
>paying low tax-rates. In addition/P/ the hugest symbols
>of capitalism were created there and are now
>widespread around the world. Mac Donald’s and Coke are
>famous and can be found everywhere. So it is easy to
>perceive why business are dealt in English and why
>American English expressions are popular among
>companies, interpreters and translations around the
>world, including Brazil.
> Secondly, not only Brazil and The United States are
>situated in the same continent but also considering
>that one of a learner’s of English biggest motivation
>is to be able to speak with native speakers and to
>have some experience in an English speaking country,
>The U.S. is closer, cheaper and easier. That is why
>Brazilians are immersed in a huge amount of
>information about The United States and its/Wwe/ country.
> Thirdly it is impossible to analyze American culture
>influences in Brazil without taking media into
>account. It is the fattest/S/ and the most efficient way
>to know about something one does not have access to.
>Media has brought American songs, movies and way of
>life straight to people’s home through television
>channels, radio stations and internet websites.
>Throughout the years media has turned regular people
>into icons of pop culture. It not only shows American
>culture to Brazil but also make Brazilians worship
>American values. That is how artists like Madonna and
>Michael Jackson became legend, skinny models became
>fashion and English became a necessity.
> It is obvious that the influences of American culture
>in Brazil have advantages and disadvantages. Although
>certain diseases originated from behavior such as
>anorexia and obesity have become trends, Brazilian
>professionals in English language ought to show their
>students that if they cannot escape from American
>intervention, they should use it for their own good.
>There are features of language which are almost
>impossible to explain and the best way to acquire them
>is to be exposed to real data. And this data is simple
>to reach when one has economy, geography and media on
>his/her side.


COMMENTS
Priscila, I found your text very well-written, cohesive and coherent.There are some things to be corrected, if you agree with me,and I used symbols between slashes to point them out.
You used the transactional signals very well, your text was organized and your ideas were clearly exposed.I assumed that you wrote an argumentative essay for task one and for text two you had to write a classification one. Am I right? In my view, you classified the factors that influence in the Brazilians' learning process.In your conclusion paragraph though, you mentioned the topic of advantages and disadvantages that you haven't adressed to before in your developmental paragraphs. Feel free to disagree with me.

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