Mariya_B_Going+global

Preserving local traditions?!
Nowadays English is a really world-spread language. Western culture has inflenced almost all levels of our life. As far as our republic is concerned, I can say that there are a lot of changes have happened.I mean the way of our life and national traditions. We have almost forgotten about these important things. //**The most important point to concider**// is the language. There are very few people who can still speak Kalmyk. As for younger generation, they cannot at all. Shame on me, but I personally also don't know Kalmyk. //**And the main reason is that**// we are rushing after foreign languages, losing our own one. We must do something. Maybe even increase studying the Kalmyk language in schools, or establishe different magazines and newspapers only in Kalmyk. //**One important issue would be that**// it' s very necessary not to let our language disappear. //**A further consideration might be**// a wedding. I think that the things with it are better than with the language. When I was getting married almost everything was in according to traditions. It happened mostly because there are many elderly people on our weddings,who know all the customs very well. But still my wedding dress was not traditional. In conclusion I can say that //**the main point is that**// it all depends on us. The better and longer we preserve our traditions, the more we could __pass__ to future generations.

A changing city.
**If talking about 80s, many changes have happened in Elista. There are a lot of new buildings, courts, banks, gorgeous shopping malls, hypermarkets and a big amount of splendid houses.** **I think now there are much more mobile phones and i-pods. The internet is also widely used. People in the city wear different clothes from all over the world. Jeans and t-shirts are very popular. As for transport, there are many foreign cars on the roads and their number increases.** **I think now there is no great difference between older and younger generation. The old men got used to modern life, they often have therir own mobiles. Certainly some of them always remember their life in 80s, but in generall they got used to.**

=** GLOBALIZATION **=

Our modern cociety develops very rapidly. A lot of different new things and notions appeared. For exsample, we can say that //emigration and imigration// are consequences of globalization. Many countries are so mixed that it is hard to understand who live in these or that country without knowing it's name. //Imports and exports// work so widely-spread so that we could use lots of different foreign tnings. And it goes without sayng that there is a //cultural diversity// because any nationality has it's own culture and traditions. and every person lives his own life in one or another way. There are different //ways of life// in the world. But there is another notion as //a standard of living//. That depends on the economy and wellbeing of the country you are living in.

=My attitude to English as an international language.= Almost everybody in the world knows English. English is sometimes described as the first global lingua - franka. It is the dominant international language in communications, science, business, entertainment and diplomacy. The number of non-native speakers are even more than native ones. Nowadays you don't surprise anybody by knowing the language. Certainly, It's great because whatever country you travel in, you won't face understanding problems because somebody will speak english anyway. Or ,for example, when I meet some foreigners in our city I always speak with them whether they are german, italian or chinese. And it's cool. English unites the people of the world and breaks the language borders)!

= MY EXPERIENCE WITH THE INTERNET = //The internrt became an important part of our life. It is one of the most characteristic features of modern sivilization. People are united into the global community with the help of the internet. We cen learn about what is happening in the world very fast using the internet. Everybody knows that the internet is a global network which consists of hundred of millions users all over the world and helps to communicate. I suppose everybody knows the most famous and attended site in Russia VKONTAKTE. Almost every boy and girl has already registrated on this site, except my friend. We were convincing him for a long time to registrate. And recently he's finally asked us to join this site. He got aquainted with a wonderful girl. He was charmed! He almost fell in love... He showed us a picture and really it was a beautiful girl with perfect complexion, full lips, green eyes and long hear. She looked like a modal. But what was his shok, when instead of a modal a plane fat and ordinary-looking girl came on a date. He was so disappointed. Ofcourse they have never met each other again. And my friend promised not to attend VKONTAKTE ever.//