The story of English--from its start in a jumble of West Germanic dialects to its role today as aglobal language--is both fascinating and complex. This timeline offers a glimpse at some of the key events that helped to shape the English language over the past 1,500 years. To learn more about the ways that English evolved in Britain and then spread around the world, check out one of the fine histories listed in the bibliography at the end of page three.…
A well-known musician once said, “ Realistically, English is a universal language; it’s the number one language…for communicating with the rest of the world.” English is the most widely used language in the history of the world. In 2015, there were sixty-seven sovereign states and twenty-seven non-sovereign entities where English was an official language. Additionally, many country’s subdivisions have declared English an official language at the local or regional level. Despite being the most widely used language in the world, English varies from country to country, and even from region to region! Each variety of English has its own set of rules and guidelines, as a result, a universal standard had to be proposed (The History of English: Origins…
Adoption of English in this sense represents suppression of native languages and spread of myths and for what cause, Economic benefit for the native English speaking nations. Moreover, the selfish purposes of the British to promote their economy rather than promote English as a unifying common language is part of the factors that make the rise and spread of English a rather disadvantageous concept. Based on this, it is possible to relate to scholar (Phillipson, 1992) that its rise is a promoter of Imperialism among other factors. Benefits of the rise of the English…
The fact of the increasing number of English speaker, as the result of its spread and diffusion has undeniably brought English becoming a global language. However, the huge number of speaker and wide spread area is not the most significant factor that makes a language become a global language. Crystal points out that global status is achieved when a language plays an important role in several country (David, 2003). For English, this evident is obviously seen in the term of its use as the first language in several country such as in USA, Canada, Britain, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa where English is used as a means of communication in the whole aspect of social life. However, not only limited in those country English is also spoken as the second language, as a complement to the mother tongue, yet it plays role as an official language. In other country, where English is not mother tongue nor an official…
Society’s need in communication and science, the development of linguistics and that change that occurred in men’s life have led to the progress in the usage of language, in particular the English language. As a result, it became an international language and…
A question that many people are asking is: why has English become the global language of today? David Crystal, a famous linguist, said: "It [English] is a language which has repeatedly found itself in the right place at the right time". This means that the reason for this dominance can probably be found in the history og the English-speaking countries, and especially in Britain's colonial expansion and the succeeding activity of the United States.…
English is a ‘Global Language’ because it is one of the most widely spoken and written languages, carrying influence due to music, cinema, general broadcasting, science and the internet. Also, due to the requirement in many fields and occupations, English is become more important on a global scale.…
Finally, the globalization of English can refer to changes taking place in all varieties of English due to…
The English language's influence spans across the globe and is more influential in the world of media, communication, business and government than any other, even in certain countries where English is used, or regarded, as a minority language. It is the language of maritime communication and international air traffic control and is acknowledged as the language of popular culture primarily in the entertainment fields of cinema and music.…
Globalization is getting important in the world but it creates some problems. One of the biggest problems is common language. For this reason, people need mutual language to communicate with each other. English is global language and every single person must learn English who wants to be a part of globalization. Learning English is not simple but with this purpose, there are some steps to do while learning English. Primarily taking a course, secondly use English skills in daily life and finally travel abroad for using these language skills.…
Some linguists divide the use of English into three circles. The inner circle is the traditional base of English and includes countries such as the United Kingdom, Ireland, the USA and former colonies: Australia, New Zealand and some others. English is the native language or mother…
Blogging has emerged as one of the most popular forms of online discourse. The ease and lack of expense in setting blogs has raised intriguing possibilities for language learning in social media. The unique nature of its architecture and its low cost have not only affected how different bloggers can publish and distribute their work to a wider audience but also how they see themselves as writers. According to Blood (2002), blogs have been used in various ways: as online journals, a means of designing hypertexts, and more radically, to create what calls the first native form of discourse on the internet. She argues that blogging best reflects the dream of Tim Berners-Lee (2000), who was one of the principal designers of the World Wide Web, to make the Web into something truly interactive both in terms of how texts are read and how they can be easily posted and accessed. The growing interest in blogging has aroused the interest of English as a Second Language and English as a Foreign Language fashion bloggers who see blogging as a simple and low cost way of giving readers an access to publishing, advertising and distributing their writings on the internet as a method of providing them with the experience of writing in a digital format, and as a means of discussing issues related to their social and personal lives. According to Fleishman (2002), blogging is the art of turning one 's own filter on news and the world into something others might want to read, link to, and write about. The openness can give the bloggers a greater sense of the variety of possible audiences they can reach, both for understanding these audiences and learning strategies to respond to them. These types of on-line discussions have been referred to as "gated communities" (Lowe & Williams, 2004).…
Most of the people that are learning English in that part of the globe do it with the purpose to communicate generally with non-native speakers of English, for example, in business with neighbours, instead of only have the purpose to talk with native speakers. That fact invokes a necessity of a new English variety, a regional variety that is adapted to each cultural norm.…
Language is the carrier of culture and portrayal of cultural. Language and culture is inseparable. Each language have their own culture. In today’s, English as a world language has a seriously effect on the culture diversity. The radical cause is English is spread seriously in the world. People use English in their’s life and more and more people make English as second language for their daily communication. In addition, English has a high language status in the world, all of these phenomenons have many effects on culture heritage. This essay will have three parts : First, the cause of English as a world language. Second, what the effects on English as a world language. Finally, evaluate these factors and give some recommendtions for it.…
As an English major and a bilingual person, it’s hard to jump out of the box and deny the deep, great, far-reaching influence and outspread of English. It seems true that English has become the universal language─the one accredited language to use in professional academic fields, the almost instinctive choice of language for people to speak in foreign countries, remarkably the none-English-speaking ones, and a universally basic personal asset to survive in the modern society. Yet to think of how English obtained its status quo as a world language and the uncertainty of its future, it would be too imprudent to say that English will still definitely be the global language in the future.…