onsdag 13. mai 2009

South-African election

The outcome of the south-African election was that Jacob Zuma won the election. There was no doubt about that. Everybody saw the outcome long before the decision was made. The reason why this was predictable was because Jacob Zuma was in the lead, but he was also the favorite candidate during the election. Even though Many Africans are nevertheless deeply worried about what might happen to the country under a President Zuma and an all-powerful, perhaps even vengeful in some cases. About twenty-three million people were registered to vote at the election in South-Africa. The turnout is estimated to have been more than eighty percent, according to BBC.

"This country is my country. I have to vote for this country to be free. Maybe things can change. That's why I'm voting," one voter told ABC Online.

That’s proof to the fact that people do and want change in South Africa.

Kilder: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/africa/2009/south_africa/default.stm
Barack Obama’s first 100 days as president

According to the Newsweek Barack Obamas first 100 days as president has been a success. At his first day as president he held a speech to his people and talked about the importance of getting the economy back on track. He has managed to get through several rescue packages to stimulate the economy in The United states. The economy isn’t going good, but the downturn is finally starting to slow down, hopefully as a result of this. Many politicians honor him for the way he has dealt with the economic crisis, but they also underline the fact that he’s done a great job with the Iraq situation. His plan is to retreat the forces from Iraq as fast as possible, but without panic. Hopefully al American forces will be home in America in about a year or so. As a matter of fact the retreat has already begun.

It looks like Obama’s period as president will be a fine one, especially if you look at his tremendous start.

Kilder: www.newsweek.com/id/195079

mandag 4. mai 2009

Språkets fremtid

Hovedsynspunkt

Helene Uri ser på fremtidens språk som noe spennende, ikke som et hinder. Dette kommer ganske tydelig frem i teksten ved at hun reflekterer og interesserer seg for fremtidens språk i motsetning til flere andre som forakter det de ser og hører. Hun er tydelig på at det er de unge som kommer til å bestemme fremtidens språk og ikke de som lever i dag. Hun avslutter blant annet artikkelen med ”Yo!”, noe som fremhever hennes synspunkt om at det er kult at språket er i forandring.

Argumentasjonsmåter i teksten

Åpen argumentasjon preger denne teksten i stor grad. Hun stiller flere spørsmål, og gjør det dermed mulig for leseren å gjøre opp egne tanker om hvordan fremtidens språk vil se ut. Som nevnt tidligere synes hun det er fascinerende og kult at språket er i forandring, men dette kommer ikke frem så åpent, men man kan oppfatte hennes synspunkt ved å lese ”mellom linjene”.

Norsk om hundre år

Å spå hvordan norsk vil se ut om hundre år er ganske enkelt. Selvfølgelig er det ikke lett å være sikker, men jeg tror jeg har en viss anelse om hvordan språket vil se ut. Nynorsk vil for lengst være utgått på dato og det vil kun være spesielt interesserte som lærer dette ”urgamle” språket . Når det gjelder Norsk hovedmål tror jeg dette vil bestå, men med mindre gramatikk og mer engelsk. Mulig vi har to hovedmål, engelsk og norsk hovedmål.