{"id":4481,"date":"2009-09-05T07:34:02","date_gmt":"2009-09-05T04:34:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eltweekly.com\/more\/?p=422"},"modified":"2009-09-05T07:34:02","modified_gmt":"2009-09-05T04:34:02","slug":"eltweekly-issue32-book-review-globish-the-world-over","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eltweekly.humbeestudio.xyz\/?p=4481","title":{"rendered":"ELTWeekly Issue#32, Book Review: ‘globish – The World Over’"},"content":{"rendered":"

‘globish – The World Over’ by\u00a0Jean-Paul Nerriere and David Hon<\/strong><\/p>\n

reviewed by Tarun Patel<\/strong><\/p>\n

‘Globish – The World Over’ is a 168-page ebook written by\u00a0Jean-Paul Nerriere and David Hon. This ebook is divided into two parts – ‘The Problem with Learning English’ and ‘Elements of Globish’. It featuers 23 chapters. The ISBN of ‘Globish’ is\u00a0978-2-212-86542-4. The price of the book is $9.95.<\/span><\/p>\n

‘Globish’ observes how a billion people are in need of a consistent language to do business across the globe, describes how the problem is being solved by many non-native English speakers, and discusses the specific outlines of the Globish approach that is being noted as perhaps the only possibility for true Global talk.<\/span><\/p>\n

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David and Jean have written this book to aid those who use English as a tool for their communication. To form their viewpoint at the very beginning of the book, David and Jean say, \u201cThe English language seems to be the most important communication tool for the international world. But now it must be a kind of English which can be learned quickly and used very easily \u2013 not like Standard English. The people who know a little are already using what they know. It works for them \u2013 a little. But\u2026 they often have families and jobs. They cannot spend enough time or enough money to learn all of English. And English speakers think these people will \u201cnever be good enough\u201d in English. It is a problem. We think Globish is a solution.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the initial chapters of this ebook Jean and David have talked about the demographics that the English language dominates as a most widely used language. <\/span><\/p>\n

To describe this dominance they have put the following image, which is an self-explanatory example of wide spectrum of English language.<\/span><\/p>\n

Image from page# 19<\/span><\/p>\n

According to David and Jean, \u2018Globish\u2019 is a language that enables people to satisfy all their communication needs in 1500 words. They say:<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span>\u201cGlobish is correct English\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cGlobish spelling is English spelling\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cGlobish sounds like English\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cGlobish uses the same letters, markings and numbers as English\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cGlobish uses the basic grammar of English, with fewer Tenses, Voices, and Moods.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Globish has 1500 words, expandable in four ways:<\/span><\/p>\n

– <\/span><\/span><\/span>different use of same word,<\/span><\/p>\n

– <\/span><\/span><\/span>combinations of words,<\/span><\/p>\n

– <\/span><\/span><\/span>short additions to words,<\/span><\/p>\n

– <\/span><\/span><\/span>and Phrasal Verbs.<\/span><\/p>\n

They have also talked about the limitations of Globish and enlisted all 1500 words which form Globish.<\/span><\/p>\n

In the later chapters of the book the authors have focused on other aspects of Globish which are very interesting for everyone who uses English.<\/span><\/p>\n

They have made this book easy to read by explaining all the technical words appropriately. <\/span><\/p>\n

IT would be worth spending $9.95to read this book which has come with a new concept and could make a BIG story in terms of communication.<\/span><\/p>\n

You can buy this ebook from Jean’s website:\u00a0http:\/\/www.globish.com<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Author Biographies<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jean-Paul Nerri\u00e8re<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

As a vice-president of IBM Europe Middle East & Africa, Jean-Paul Nerri\u00e8re was noted worldwide for his foresight in urging IBM to sell services instead of \u201cselling iron\u201d. With IBM USA as a Vice President in charge of International Marketing, he was also using and observing English \u2013 daily \u2013 in its many variations. Nerri\u00e8re\u2019s personal experience the world over enlightened him to a not-so-obvious solution to the global communication problem \u2013 Globish. Recently this has resulted in his best-selling books on Globish in French, Korean, Spanish and Italian, and the word Globish being known everywhere. <\/span><\/p>\n

Nerri\u00e8re has also been knighted with the L\u00e9gion d\u2019honneur, the highest award France can give.<\/span><\/p>\n

David Hon<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

As a young man, David Hon jumped off helicopters in Vietnam and taught English in South America. He had an MA in English and thought that someday he would write about English as an international communication tool.<\/span><\/p>\n

However, a different direction, into the computer age, led Hon to develop the world\u2019s first realistic medical simulators. He won international awards and created a successful company, Ixion, to produce those computerized simulators. <\/span><\/p>\n

A short time back, he came upon Nerri\u00e8re\u2019s Globish ideas, and Hon knew that this book in Globish was the one he had intended to write long ago.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

‘globish – The World Over’ by\u00a0Jean-Paul Nerriere and David Hon reviewed by Tarun Patel ‘Globish – The World Over’ is a 168-page ebook written by\u00a0Jean-Paul Nerriere and David Hon. This ebook is divided into two parts – ‘The Problem with Learning English’ and ‘Elements of Globish’. It featuers 23 chapters. The ISBN of ‘Globish’ is\u00a0978-2-212-86542-4. 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