The Codification Of English

“Intrinsic arguments describe the English language as providential, rich, noble and interesting. Such arguments tend to assert what English is and what other languages are not”. As mentioned previously, notwithstanding that the english language is widely-spoken around the world, diversity is important and for many individuals language is the basis of their culture. Making english the global language is essentially

As we know, English is the universal language in the world and everybody knows English. Many countries use English as official language for example Singapore, Korea, Australia and Etc. According to the language of government, English was an universal language and there were 58 sovereign states and 21 non-sovereign entities. English became an official language at the local or regional level and many countries have declared English as an universal language. Since English is important nowadays therefore many schools push their students to be able to speak English in early age. Many schools try to put English program to their lesson so the students are capable to speak English fluently earlier. By speaking English fluently, the students can build

Before we begin, it is very important to understand the difference between an official language and a standard language. An official languages is one that is adopted by the government for document and business purposes, this would be most native people’s second language; one that the government sees as advantageous and necessary. Most of the time a standard language could also be referred to as the native language; a common language that the high majority of citizens use to converse outside of the government. Currently there is a major push to be bilingual, to the point where countries are adding or changing the official language(s). Countries that were presented and are using English because of government ordained laws are Kenya, Zambia, The Bahamas, Jamaica, New Zealand, Ireland; an extremely minimalistic representation the total amount of countries with English as an official language. Almost every other country, especially China and India, have their students studying English. It is advantageous for further education, business, and

English as we know it is indeed the dominant language, but does that mean everyone should learn it? Should English be the global language? Should you have to know English to communicate if you are someone that lives in a place where the native language is something different? The answer is no. However, first you must consider the statement “It is a fact that English is the dominant language in the world today. Everyone, in every country, in order to participate in the modern world, should learn English. After all, a language is just a random collection of words, so how hard can it be”. Personally, I believe it is tremendously difficult to learn a new language as an adult, but in order to make the world go round, we all should know more than one language; no one language should rule. Barbara Wallraff, David Crystal, and John Tagliabue share a few words that connect to the statement to show their personal mindset behind English being a global language. In this essay, I will extract statements from each of the authors that explain their views on a global language to support my overall perception.

on states, cons of making English official, and why English should be the official language. As it

There are discrepancies within the educational curriculum that are not culturally diverse when trying to close the achievement gap. This means through analyzing the evidence from 2002 No Child Left Behind Act, there may need to be a revision. When seeking detailed and comprehensive outcomes, Hess, Stover, Liston, Whitcomb, and Boroko (2007) highlighted the questionings or argument of, what would happen if we take our eyes off the goal(s)? The key aspect that speaks volume in gauging with students is understanding the student population, Ware (2016) identified how practices were incorporating elements of the students’ culture in their teaching, adapting instruction to meet the students’ learning style, and having high standards and expectations (p. 20). While standardized English has a different effect on the various background, the method in instruction is imperative to comprehension. According to Silva and Cain (2015) language skills develop early, we have noted that word reading is the critical limiter of reading comprehension in the early stages of reading development.

“ The Language Wars: A History of Proper English”, it discusses about the propriety and properness of language that a large majority of the people in this country speak, which is English. Throughout, the article it discusses the changes of the English language, such as the changes of meanings of words. Provides the audience an interesting perspective to how language changes the context of several words by giving the words a new meaning(s). Comprehensive coverage of history, covers the history of the first form of the English language that came from the Georgian Age. Therefore, it discusses many events throughout, where there have been a lot of misuse, disease, and abuse of English grammar over all the centuries that English has been a language

English is spoken everywhere around United States. It is one of the few things that the US population shares in common with one another. Because of that, Congress has been debating on whether to make English the official language for the nation. Although, having the idea that one nation speaking the same language would bring unity and seemingly be more convenient for the US citizens, it would have numerous negative impact upon a portion of the population. Hence, the legislation of English should not be enacted.

Despite how many advocates of the English language believe, the language needs no protection; it will not go extinct, nor die off. The once grand imperialism of Britain, and then America, has caused English, as a whole, to grow and continue to be used all over the world, acting as the filler for language gaps between countries. This means that the language needs no bodyguard and the officialization would only further segregate citizens and noncitizens. Turkey and Canada are two countries are among a list of many others who are officially multilingual. The multilingual status was the result of efforts to make a singular official language. Like Turkey and Canada: if there is no problem to fix, there will be no benefit and no gain. But instead

Language is formed through culture, history, and evolves over time in order to be able to communicate with one another. Differences in languages are based on where people are from, who they may be, and their own experiences. All languages have unique value, and all display their own ways of seeing the world. Languages and cultures are constantly changing due to influences we have on one another in the way we speak and write. Different languages are always mixing through contact on media, like the internet, which allows opportunities for languages to grow and affect each other in several ways. The English language formed though history, culture, and experiences that do not apply to all of the multicultural society of America. Making English the official language strips the diversity of the individual language and culture of immigrants, and bilinguals, as well as minimize the instinctive enrichment between cultures.

English, which is spoken by 1.9 billon of the world’s population as their first language (Redman, 2004), has been spreading rapidly in the world since the British Industrial Revolution and colonialism in many continents such as Asia, Africa and North America during the 18th century (Lavot, 2000). As the influence of English is increasing, some linguists think that it is a natural process of successful international communication. However, many other languages are also dying out at an accelerating rate because of the expansion of the English language. In discussing the issue of the growing influence of English; arguments, both for and against, should be considered, particularly, in the economic, the information exchange, the linguistic

Talking about “dialects”, a term often mentioned along is “standard language”. When being brought into comparison with “dialect”, “standard language” usually serves as a legitimate variant with the highest level of excellence (Bex & Watts, 1999). Though positive in nature, standardization - the procedure of standardizing a language – often raises heated controversy because of its consequences on not only linguistics field but also the society. In the second part of the essay, I will focus on the disadvantages of language standardization.

English was one of many languages spoken in Britain for four hundred years before it began to be called English. It was a language with no special status and without a special strong identity. In fact, the history of English started with the arrival of Anglo-Saxons in Britain in the 400s when Celtic languages were spoken by the inhabitants of the island. English shows some traces of Celtic, rising from the merge of dialects brought by the Germanic invaders. And after the Norman conquest of 1066, English spelling and vocabulary was affected by French and Latin, especially when French becomes the official language of England. But in the period of renaissance, Shakespeare and the Elizabeth era, the role of the church, of French and Latin turn down and English becomes the language of government and science. And when the first official government documents were written in English, a common sense of a

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.

     “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,