1. English as a Lingua
Franca Assignment

2. Assignment Steps
• Follow the steps below in order to do the
assignment about English as a Lingua
Franca and present it orally in class.
• In groups of 03, each student must
participate in the oral task.
• The questions are only guidelines, but the
presentation must be in text-format.

3. Questions to guide your oral text
• 1. How many languages are spoken in this
country? (If there is more than one,
specify)
• 2. Is English a first or second language in
this country?
• 3. How many languages are taught at
school? Which are they?
• 4. What is the capital city?
• 5. What are the main cities in the country?

4. 5. You should also include
• Map of the world with researched country
highlighted
• Overall population of the country
• Overall English-speaking population of the
country
• Sources of your research
• Wikipedia will not be accepted as a trustful
source. You must take your data from other
sources.

5. Assignment Sample
South Africa

6. • In South Africa there are 11 spoken
languages which are: Afrikaans, English,
Ndebele, Northern Sotho, Sotho, Swazi,
Tswana, Tsonga, Venda,Xhosa, and Zulu
• The first language is Afrikaans (13,3%),
although Zulu (23,8%) and Xhosa (17,6%)
are the most spoken.

7. South Africa
• Like many African countries, South Africa
was colonized by the British, and so they
left a 'trace' of their language there.
• In Africans schools two languages are
taught: English and Afrikaans.

8. South Africa
• The main cities of the country are Pretoria,
Bloemfontein, and Johannesburg which is
also the largest city. Cape Town is the
country’s capital city.
• Overall population of country: 48,810,427
• Overall English-speaking population of
country: Only 8.2% of the overall
population (4,002,455)

9. Africa Continent with South Africa

10. Sources
• http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/af
http://www.southafrica.info/about/people/languag
• http://www.sa-venues.com/sa_languages_and_cultu
• Wikipedia will not be accepted as a trustful
source. You must take your data from others
sources.

11. List of Countries for the Assignment
• 1. India
• 2. Botswana
• 3. Ethiopia
• 4. Ireland
• 5. Kingdom of the Netherlands
• 6. Nigeria
• 7. Pakistan
• 8. Belize
• 9. Guyana
• 10. Australia
• 11. New Zealand
• 12. Falkland Islands
• 13. Puerto Rico