Historical And Contemporary Meaning Of The English Language Becoming The World 's Common Language

The English language began its climb to world dominance with the rise of the British Empire in the 16th century. During this time English began to spread as the worlds lingua franca for business and trade. With the support of the United States, which at the time was one of the most successful nations in history, english was able to overthrow all previous lingua francas. However, english should not be considered as the “gateway to the world”. Although the english language is widely- spoken around the world, making english language the official language of the world will lead to diminishing cultural diversity.

English has become the most widespread and powerful language on Earth. The imperial English Empire spread English across the globe; from America to Asia. English’s position in the world was cemented by US cultural and diplomatic dominance; evident in American movies, fast food, and clothing. English has proven it is not moving anywhere anytime soon, as English only grows in use over time. Thus a debate has arisen: Should English be the official Universal Language? On one hand, English can harm other cultures, international relations, and scientific development; however, English is very flexible and widely used, making it the perfect candidate for a global language.

Wallraff is concerned about the future of the English language and has started assuming what would happen if English became the global language. She further forecasted the situations that may occur if everyone started speaking English. The work, research and time Ms. Wallraff has devoted to the article demonstrate her attitude and concern about the English language and its future. The article that she has written basically targets people of new generation X who are firm believer of English being a Global language ignoring the fact that other languages are outnumbering English. Besides targeting the younger generation, the article is also targeting those for whom English is not primary

The fact that many people want to make English as the official language they have not seen the benefits of having a wider variety of languages in the country. Although there are many benefits having many different languages in the country, what type of benefits will the country obtained by having English as the official language? Will it actually united the people more? Or will it make it fall apart? In order to find the answers to this questions it will probably be best to talk with a someone that is involved with linguistics and find a similar situation in other countries to use as

With the globalization, the English Language became the main language of the communication in the world. In this perspective, Dennis Baron discusses in his article Who Owns Global English” the omnipresence and the prevalence of the English in today’s society. For Dennis Baron, English has become the key success in the world platform.

‘English has unquestionably become a global phenomenon’ (Selvi, 2013) with approximately three hundred and seventy-five million people speaking English around the world with

Imagine a world in which we all shared a single universal language. Having a universal language would open the doors to many opportunities. John McWhorter in the article, “What the World Will Speak in 2115”, speculates that by the year 2115 English will become the language understood by most of the world. Additionally, as we travel in time, one hundred years from now, small languages that are spoken today will become extinct. Subsequently, the few languages that will survived, would have evolved into simplified versions making them much easier to learn. English is one of the languages that will withstand the test of time because of its strong presents in the world today. A universal language does not mean the demolition of the diversity of cultures that we observe today, it simply means that English will be a middle ground among the nations.

Through the article “Why English Should Not Be The International Language Of The World” (2015) by Robert Nielsen. The author claims that we have to protect the variations of this world’s language and set a new society, a new culture, even a new language for the future space settlements as our official language. The reason why English shouldn’t be the global language is that he notices for those non-native English speaker, using English is unfair for them, even “ International conferences almost always are held in

Language is oftentimes perceived as intrinsic to human nature which while true to an extent, ignores the way human behaviour today has affected our communication with one another. Since the end of the twentieth century, globalization changed the way people in the globalized countries are understood through language in ways that have both strengths and weaknesses. Languages have switched from being simply indicators of cultural background to being a commodity in the economic sphere. This reworking of the purpose of language has affected the growth of English worldwide and given it new ways to develop. Unfortunately, Standard English has largely become the focus of the international world at a cost for many people not born in English-speaking countries. Despite its shortcomings, globalization has provided different languages, and minority dialects, meaningful spaces in which they can develop their own worth. There are still important studies to be done into the effect of globalization on multilingualism and I propose doing multiple case studies to compare the progression of language in countries around the world. To start, it is important to looked at how that progression changed to begin with.

education priority in almost every nation, as a result, that language “will eventually come to be

In this paper, I argue if our modern-day society needs a global language such as English. English as a global language is necessary because it is more efficient, globalization, and most people already have some knowledge of English. English is of great importance in many places around the world, for this reason, it would be an excellent candidate to be the world’s lingua franca, or a global language.

More than one billion people in the world speak English. English is quickly becoming the dominant language by which the world communicates. It is being referred to as the global language because it is seen as a common means for interaction between different countries. Almost everywhere in the world you can find English: it is the most taught in the world and probably one of the the most commonly used languages by politicians all around the world. While this phenomenon can be seen in a positive thing by some people because the use of English as a common language brings efficiency and greater understanding internationally, others like myself, are not so certain because language and culture are closely connected,

Language plays a key role in creating distinct cultures and societies. In addition, it is mostly considered the cultural identity and emblem of a given community whether big or small. A glance at the history of human life can clearly prove the fact that in any point of human history a given language played the role of common code of communication and stimulated people to learn the most desired language of the era. Such intentions served many goals for the participants among which education, traveling, publishing or even conducting a business to be named. It is now widely accepted that English is widely spoken all over the world and most academic or non-academic sources and findings of all kind, if not all, are being published in English to be available to the world. It is considered as the language of prestige as a result of which is multitudinous learners attend English language classes across the countries.

English is “the language of science, commerce, global politics, … [pop culture] and, above all, the internet” as David Thomas describes (Source B). The sheer influence that English has on the globe is staggering and continues to grow every day. While China and India are economic powerhouses with well over a billion people each, many of the citizens of these countries also speak, on some level, English. This yet again reduces the need for English speakers to learn the mother tongues of their business partners. In political discussions, specifically at the United Nations and the European Union, English is the dominant language with the UN even being criticized for relying heavily on English in their discussions and as source B states: English “has become the default tongue of the EU.” English is also a major influencer of global pop culture with many of the latest pop culture originating in English speaking countries such as music, where 45 of the top 50 songs globally are in English, to books such as the Hunger Games and Harry Potter, to television shows such as Game of Thrones. Without the influence of English, these pop culture phenomena would not have achieved the global success they have. With the continued rapid growth of foreigners learning the English language, the inverse in which English speaking natives are learning different

     “In the world were over seven thousand languages have exisisted, one language had become dominate. This dominant language is English.” “In the majority of countries throughout the world speak English as their second or first language, no longer just America or England.” English has taken many forms, American English, the Queen’s English, Australian, Canadian English, and several others. Even American English has taken several types of English, Jersey English, East Coast English, West Coast English, Southern English, slang English, and Ebonics. All of these languages have major variants between them, but are all of them are still understood aboard. Without English the world couldn’t operate,