Preliminary communication
The Role of English in the 21 st. Century Journalists' Education'
Silvija Batoš
Tereza Matić-Ivušić
Dubravka Zakarija
Abstract
This paper analyses the importance of the English language and culture in the education of modern journalists. The global role of today`s media implies the necessity for the active usage of English, this adding to the profession`s competitiveness. Although English is a compulsory language from the very beginning of schooling, a misusage of borrowings or derivatives found daily in the media reflects poor knowledge of not only English but of Croatian as well.
In addition to the mistakes arising out of the contrastive analysis of the two languages, cultural differences, also leading to unseccessful communication, should be observed.
Keywords
journalists´ education; language contamination; contrastive analysis; usage; bi-lingualism vs.biculturalism
Hrčak ID:
55356
URI
Publication date:
5.4.2010.
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