Task 3--LANGUAGE POLICIES AROUND THE WORLD (115 POINTS)

part 2: I think in Paraguay there is an idea to increase the use of different languages, that is why they create laws, i think it is the first step to finally apply that laws on schools, they have a bilingual country, they speak Guarani and Spanish, that is why i think it is fair, because they are including native languages as something official in the country. Maybe the most part of them prefer to learn Spanish, because they need it to work, and they don’t want to learn their own language, because they already know it, I have been reading and find that the most part of the country is bilingual, but I think if people don’t have the opportunity to apply both languages or any of the 23 languages, it has not a right purpose, they teach maybe both languages but people want to learn something that they need, that is why I think it is important for them to feel like their native language it is important, and they have to continue learning it with an specific purpose. I think it is easy to create laws to include ethnic languages in schools, but why they are going to learn something that they will never use in real life. That is why languages disappear, because people don’t have the opportunity to use it. The language policy don’t add all the native languages so i think it don’t serves all ethnic groups in the country, it is difficult to include all of them, and they as I said before want to do something to include them, but they are working on it through programs. In Paraguay Guarani is considered as important as Spanish, but Spanish is the language to work and business, and Guarani is spoken for most part of the people in Paraguay, not all of them are indigenous but they still using it. It is because of the use of both languages in elementary classes where as I said before Spanish is as important as Guarani, the problem is that it happens just with the official language (Guarani) but with other ethnic languages it is not the same, maybe influence the fact that Guarani it is an official language.

Part 2:

India is a country with multiple cultures, languages and religions as many other countries. But the case of India is special, there are 14 languages and 25 dialects, so communication must often be very difficult. In this case, English is used as the common language. I think that is sad. India has a around 200 languages of which 14 are recognized by the Constitution and they have to speak English. I understand they have to speak a common language but I can´t understand why they have to speak a language that is so different from theirs. If we think, Enligh is a language that is spoken in the West, a culture that is far too much of Eastern culture. The most common would that in India were used one of the many native languages ​​of this country as a common language. They would choose one of these language as a common language, like Hindi, that way they wouldn´t have some important problems in the country. The importance of a common language is so high because it´s the vehicle to communicate around the world, either in writing or orally.