1) Are English language and culture related when it comes to teaching English as a foreign language?
2) The following languages are currently national minority languages of Sweden: Finnish, Me?nkieli, Sami, Yiddish, and Romani. Should English be added to the list?
3) What makes some words taboos and not others?
4) There is a built-in masculine bias in English? (Cheshire, 2008, p. 7). Do you agree with this statement?
5) If, moreover, we want what ?society lays down? for women and men to change, then one way to do this may be to focus to a certain extent on language and try and change that? (Trudgill, 2000, p. 80). Is Trudgill correct in his analysis?
6) In your view, is the increasing use of English in Sweden a cause for concern?
7) Is a bilingual approach to education always a good policy?
8) While there are billions of people in the world who are bilingual, some people believe there is no such thing as true bilingualism? (cf. Beardsmore, 2003, pp. 12-13). Argue whether it is possible for an individual to know two or more languages perfectly, what is meant by perfectly and whether we should adopt perfectionist or maximalist definitions of bilingualism (i.e. a bilingual has native-like control of two languages? (Bloomfield, 1935, p. 56)).