Presentation to University of Costa Rica, Liberia by Karen Campbell Communications Consultant & Peace Corps Volunteer October 2015.

1. Presentation to University of Costa Rica, Liberia
by Karen Campbell
Communications Consultant & Peace Corps Volunteer
October 2015

2. • Most widely spoken constructed language in the world
• Constructed by physician and linguist L. L. Zamenhof in1887
• Up to 2,000,000 people worldwide fluently or actively speak Esperanto
• Notable presence in 120 countries
Words are derived
from stringing
together
prefixes and
suffixes on
approximately
900 roots
Goal: to create an easy-to-learn, politically neutral language that would transcend
nationality and foster peace and international understanding
between people with different languages

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about 400 million speak English as their first language
another 400-500 million speak it as their second language
and about another 1 billion people worldwide speak it at least a little bit.
(Encyclopedia Britannica)

5. • To make travel easier, pack
your English along with
your toothbrush. official
language of 53 countries
• Estimated 2 billion
speakers (spoken as a first
language by around 400
million people around the
world … Mandarin &
Spanish are #1 & #2)
• Most commonly used
language among foreign
language speakers
• Key to new cultures (not
just U.S.)

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8. Source: WhyEnglishMatters.com

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10. Source: WhyEnglishMatters.com

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16. • Movies
• Books
• Television
• Magazines,
graphic novels
• Music
• Video games

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18. The FORBES Global 2000 is
a comprehensive list of the
world’s largest, most
powerful public companies,
as measured by revenues,
profits, assets and market
value
For the first time, China’s
four biggest banks own the
top four spots.
U.S. & China split the top
10 spots for a second year in
a row. Beyond the top 10,
U.S. still leads the list with
579 companies.

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20. Bilingual = more
employable in every country
in the world; increases your
standard of living
Language of U.S. -- still a
leader in technical
innovation and economic
development
English speakers in the
United States earn more
money than non-English
speakers

22. Source: WhyEnglishMatters.com

23. Source: WhyEnglishMatters.com

26.  Del Monte, Dole. Chiquita
 Intel Corporation
 Procter & Gamble
 Hewlett-Packard
 Boston Scientific
 Baxter Healthcare and
others from healthcare
products industry
 Dell
 Amazon
 IBM
 Western Union
 Amazon

27. Digging deeper into U.S. culture and its influence

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Accepted behaviors, values, and symbols … passed along by communication and imitation
from one generation to the next
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 Ethnically & racially
diverse
 Independent
 Direct, Pro/Con
discourse
 Evolving definitions
of family, values, etc.
 Conspicuous
consumption
 “What do you do?”

30. T
 “Connected” yet distant
 Birthplace of 161 of
Britannica's 321 Greatest
Inventions, including
airplane, Internet, microchip,
laser, cellphone, refrigerator,
email, microwave, personal
computer, Liquid-crystal
display and light-emitting
diode technology, air
conditioning, assembly line,
supermarket, bar code, electric
motor, automated teller
machine, and many more
 Celebrated Back to the
Future Day with report
cards of progress

31. T
 “Connected” yet distant
 Birthplace of 161 of
Britannica's 321 Greatest
Inventions, including
airplane, Internet, microchip,
laser, cellphone, refrigerator,
email, microwave, personal
computer, Liquid-crystal
display and light-emitting
diode technology, air
conditioning, assembly line,
supermarket, bar code, electric
motor, automated teller
machine, and many more
 Celebrated Back to the
Future Day with report
cards of progress

32. E
 2nd largest emitter, after
China, of carbon dioxide
from the burning of fossil
fuels
 U.S. energy policy is widely
debated; many call on the
country to take a leading
role in fighting global
warming
 The U.S. is one of only two
countries that has not
signed up to the Kyoto
Protocol
 Segment of population seeks
are activists for recycling,
organic foods, “buy
local/think global”
campaigns, etc.

33. E
 World's largest national
economy
 $ is currency most used in
international
transactions
 Employment as estimated
in 2012, is divided into
79.7% in the service sector
19.2% in the manufacturing
sector
1.1% in the agriculture sector
 Greater gap in income
between rich and poor
than in any other
developed country
 29.6 million small
businesses, 30% of the
world's millionaires, 40%
of the world's billionaires,
as well as 139 of the
world's 500 largest
companies

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 Different kind of
democracy because
 greater power rests in the
Senate,
 a wider scope of power is
held by the Supreme
Court,
 the separation of powers
between the legislature
and the executive,
 and the dominance of
only two main parties
(since time of Civil War)
 State governments have
the power to make laws
focusing on education,
family law, contract law,
and most crimes.

35. E
 A college education is
worth more today
 College benefits go
beyond earnings
 College grads are more
satisfied with their jobs
 The cost of not going to
college has risen
 College grads say college
is worth it
 College majors matter

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 The Christian share of
the U.S. population is
declining, while the
number of U.S. adults
who do not identify with
any organized religion is
growing
 U.S. remains home to
more Christians than any
other country in the
world, with 7 out of 10
identifying with some
branch of the Christian
faith
 Survey shows # of
Christians is less with
those unaffiliated and
non-Christian faiths
seeing increase

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38. Karen Campbell
kccomm@hotmail.com