“Why a Global Language” More than one billion people in the world speak English. English is quickly

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

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

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.

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.

First of all due to globalization diseases are being cured. This is because scientists and doctors are able to come together, communicate and bring new ideas and ways needed to cure all manner of diseases. Moreover, due to the fact that the world is coming together (globalization), English language has become a universally accepted language that is spoken across the world. Due to the fact that the world was coming together, a common language had to be learnt. This was to enable one to communicate with others easily, for a language to become global it must be learnt as a second language in most countries, and also it must be a common language in many important fields (such as science). Also, the media contributes to the spread of globalization through popular movies and TV

Theodore Roosevelt once started “The ultimate way to bring this nation to ruin, preventing all possibility of it continuing to be a nation at all, would be to permit it to become a tangle of squabbling nationalities. We have but one flag; we must also learn one language, and that language is English.” Indeed, in the United States, English should be the official language because we need a strong central language to unite all citizen, and it will help immigrants connect and succeed in America.

‘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

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

Language is a method of communication, which can be either written, spoken or in a form of a sign language. Language is used in various ways, such as to express internalized thoughts and emotions, to learn to communicate with others and as well as to establish and maintain cultures. Currently, the world of the 21st century is an Anglophone world, meaning that it is an English-speaking world. English is the third largest language by number of native speakers, after Chinese and Spanish. When combining native and the non-native speakers, English is the most widely spoken language worldwide. For more of a numerical data, according to the “Statista,” there are about 375 million native English speakers and about 1.5 billion English speakers around the

According to Ethnoluge.com, English has for a long time been the 3rd most spoken and written language used by almost 372 million people. Since the early imperialism and colonization of some parts of Africa and the Western World by Britain, English has grown and has been assimilated into many different cultures and societies. With the existence of global relations and communication through the United Nations and the fact that there exist 70 English-speaking countries, the English Language has become the most widely used language of communication. This has led to many cultures being socialized into learning English in order to communicate on an international level. People’s heritage language, the language they learn as a child but never fully developed, is becoming the minority as society constantly pushes the acceptance of mainstream English. This “mainstream” English is the accepted norm of language and has resulted in the complex issue of what should be considered language and why when people express English language in their culture, it is viewed as “broken”. The push for and the existence of mainstream English in global affairs has somehow limited the identities of people of different cultures and their ability to express themselves.

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

Globalization has also contributed to an increasing interest in English-language education worldwide. In response to the emergence of English as a world-linking, global language, an increasing number of schools have stepped up English–language requirements, even at undergraduate levels. The argument is that a universal teaching language is necessary as a natural consequence of globalization.

A global language is a language that is spoken universally throughout many countries. A language is considered to be a global language when it is learned by a plethora of people. The most popular one being English. A wide range of English vocabulary was taken from other European countries. Famous linguist David Crystal argues that languages have a strong relation between dominance and cultural power. The main reason that the languages exist is because of a strong power-base, political and military or economic. (A Global Language, 2016). The author uses logos to persuade the reader through historical facts and by quoting famous linguists. He is explaining that the reason for the English language being so prominent throughout the world is due its dominance worldwide, this will be explained in greater detail in

     “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,