Richard Lerderer's Influence Of The English 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.

If someone is a college student in a different country and is interested in learning a new language English would help this person greatly. English is the most spoken language in the whole world. Worldwide one in every five can either speak or understand English. This would help someone who learned English be able to communicate with more people when they travel to other countries. English is also the most spoken language around the entire world, it is the official language of 53 countries and is the first language to around 400 million people around the world. In the article “’Conquer English to Make China Strong’: The Globalization of English” and in this article, the first line of the article says “No language has spread as widely as English, and it continues to spread”. This just shows how successful the English

English is a framework of general agreements, working to support a patchwork of various forms and types of language that we call English. After reading “Bodi’s Pet Peeves” and “Do Not Do/Learn,” I recognized most of the things listed, but realized that most of the time they are ignored. Improper English is used throughout a majority of people’s days, and with this convention of English, we ignore proper mechanics. Lack of proper English mechanics causes the use in essays and writing assignments to suffer because of the transition between proper and improper use.

As the world becomes more globalized, English seems to dominate the world as the leader of languages. Seth Mydans states in his article, "Across Cultures, English is the Word," that English will become the language of the world and that there is no slowing down. Mydans utilizes statistics to his advantage throughout the majority of his article, noting that nearly eighty percent of the world's electronic information is recorded in English and that around 400 million people speak English as a first language, with 300 to 500 million as a second language. He also mentions that the United States, the largest English-speaking nation in the world, houses only twenty percent of the nation's English-speakers, with Asia having an estimated 350 million English-speakers. These numbers help the audience understand how widely known and valuable English is in modern day society, and, in turn, establish logos in Mydans' article.

English is an international language which is used by people in all over the world as a tool of communication.There are several reason why it is happen. One of the reason is English is a language that is used by many countries in the international forum for communication. Another reason is English is a language which is used to get information,for example science and technology development because most of invention and scientific books are reported and written in English.

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 is a complex language because it is the mixture of Latin and some other languages. Standard English is what grammarians adopted a series of rules to make English correctly used. In Bill Bryson’s essay “Good English and Bad”, he used historical evidence to show readers how English rules are defined and changed by grammarians. While in the article “Why Good English is Good for You”, John Simon stresses how English users should use this language in a more proper way. Both of Bill Bryson and John Simon suggest people should follow the English rules, but they ignore English are used differently depends on who uses it, how people use it in distinct ways and when it is suitable for people to follow these English rules.

Speaking English is a way of identifying with home, peers or a certain way of life in America. It is not a matter of speaking English the correct way, but of speaking in a way that makes people comfortable in their world and that accurately projects their identity. Ultimately, the way we speak is intrinsically tied to a number of complex factors, including ethnicity and socioeconomic status.

Although there is no official language in the United States, the English language is the most widely spoken. Language helps to shape our identities, define and limit our expectations of the world around us and who we are. You might ask yourself, how does our language shape our identities and influence our perceptions of the world? Through language, we are able to make meaning, understand, and define ourselves. We are able to communicate what we feel, our ideas, our hopes, and our dreams with others who can respond to our feelings and thoughts. However, our choice of words cannot always capture what we are feeling to the full extent.

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

English language is one of the most important and official languages in many countries. English language has many purposes and can be used in many different ways. It can be used in person communication; people use it as a language to understand and communicate between each other. Business communication; business men and workers use English language to expand their work, get more opportunities, build and improve international relationships, help their company to succeed, communicate to trust the colleagues and clients. Entertainment communication; a huge number of famous people usually communicate by using the English language. A huge number of top movies, music and books and published and produced in English. People use dictionaries to understand

First, they demonstrate situations in which we use different language to achieve similar purposes in different contexts. In each situation, our language was dependent on different things, such as who is involved in the communication, and what we want to achieve through our communication. For example, as we said during the course, we use different language registers to communicate with different people. It is not appropriate to speak to the president the same way you are speaking to your brother. Therefore, while teaching English, teachers should make the students aware of different registers, and teach when and how they should use each of them.

English is essential to the globalization processes for economic and political restructuring. There are opposition of this idea that English can be equally diffused on a global scale. This spread of the language is the imperialism of culture, where Americanization takes place, and American culture is forced into various cultures through the power of the dominance of English as the lingua franca.

First, there exists a risk that increased adoption of English as a lingua franca may lead to the weakening and disappearance of other popular languages. From researches, it is estimated that up to 80 percent of the world’s living languages may die out within the next century, and some linguists believe that a dominant lingua franca may be a major contributing factor in this trend. However, it seems likely that this is really a direct threat in areas where English as lingua franca is also their natural first language, such as North America, Australia, Canada and England. Conversely, there is also some evidence that the very threat of subjugation by a dominant lingua franca can actually stimulate and enhance movements to support

     “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,