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(Photo Credit: pexels.com) This week’s topic, global English, focused on how the English language has become a standard for many countries around the world. The films also touched on how this phenomenon causes some cultural dilemmas for countries where English is a second language. English in China The first film focused on how English has become the primary language for many urban Chinese, especially in business. In almost a single generation, English went from outlawed too essential. Children born in the 1970’s began their life speaking only Chinese, but by the 1990’s these young adults were quickly finding a need to learn English to stay competitive in the workplace. Today, speaking English has become so vital that almost all Eastern Chinese cities not only have workshops where English is taught, but have primary level schools teaching English to young children. The main interviewee, Bob Shi, spoke, in English, at length about how his experience of growing up with Chinese being ...

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(Photo Credit: pexels.com) This week’s film was the documentary T he Social Dilemma . A film that spoke with several developers who started some of social media platforms that just about everyone uses today. The focus of the film was about how social media algorithms are designed to keep you on the app for as long as possible. They are constantly feeding things the user posts that will keep the person’s attention to push more advertisement so the company can make more money. The developers from platforms like Twitter and Facebook spoke about their worry and insight from their insider knowledge. My Personal Story Being from an older generation, who grew up with what is being called an “Analog Childhood”, I saw the invention of social media. I remember having MySpace but because I was not a popular kid at school my friends list was always small, and I quickly grew bored of it. I did not even bother with Facebook until I was leaving to go across the country to college and I wanted t...