Covid-19!!!

*Virtually...no difference!*

How would you judge man
In his present state?
One doing all he can
...resolving to fate?

Here he is with Covid-19:
From the media he can see it.
Now its reality is heightened...
Around him he is perceiving it.

Lock-downs, rush-shopping,
Social-distancing, self-isolating,
Hand-washing, face-masking,
Hand-gloving, food-rationing!

Governmental yearning...
Health-workers ordering...
Religious leaders sermonizing...
Parents counseling

But man kept nurturing himself
Contrary to...situation demands
Yet from prison rose Prophet Joseph
For submitting to his Lord's commands.

Soon it will be said:
"...was here yesterday;
But nowhere today
...not even on his bed."

The D-day is not exclusive
To denote the Day of Judgment
Nor does it mean being inactive
Prepare for it as you are meant...

Covid-19 is one;
For you to see it raw
Just like the tug-of-war.
Tell me if you have won?

- *AbuuHaashim M.A.Bolaji*
(05/08/1441AH...30/03/2020CE)

EUROPEAN BUSINESS ENGLISH

English as a Medium of Communication

If one hasn't attempted visiting other people's father's farm, one's reply will remain: "My father's farm is the biggest!" This is the similitude of the language situation we find ourselves. 

No language is unimportant; every language has a unique context in which other than it will be irrelevant. That's not to say that there isn't degree of importance about languages. The potentialities of English as a medium of communication between and among state and non-state actors in the international system as we have it today are not unnoticeable even to the blind! 

As linguists, we consider how to assist people in making them to be willingly in control of their lives and not to become victims of forced submission. In a descriptive mode, we could show people the trends and dynamics of communication and consequently the need to upgrade to remain relevant without sounding authoritative! 

There is much wisdom in avoiding being prescriptive; this will keep the field of applied linguistics higher on the rungs of the ladder of language disciplines...