The Language As A Lingua Franca Of The Business World

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.

Last Night I was reading the newspaper while drinking some tea and eating a biscuit. The paper really gave me insight into the tragic realities of the world. There are a plethora of countries that don‘t have the opportunity to read “Garfield” because they cannot understand English. Due to this, English should be the global lingua franca. It is assumed that wherever anyone goes in the world, someone will speak some sort of English. It may be extremely choppy and broken but it is English nonetheless. English is one of the most widely spoken languages in the world. Many people speak it as a primary or secondary language. In fact, an estimated 1 billion people speak English (PBS). There are two sides to having English as the lingua franca of the world. On one side, there is easier communication for business as well as innovation. On the contrary, the influence of English can destroy small languages and 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

Nowadays, the roles of English around the world have changed rapidly. English only served as the first or the second language of certain countries some years ago. Recently, English has a new role as a language which is used as a means of communication between people with different

As English continues to progress within the world, global culture has created an atmosphere where all can communicate and understand one another’s culture. In the United States, English becoming the official language has created unison and thorough communication within the entire country. It has created a gateway for people to comprehend and converse with

Talking the Talk, a report commissioned by Scottish Government carried out by an appointed Languages Working Group states, that some of the UK population think that, “English is enough, because of its perceived strength as the international language of business”. (Doreen Grove, 2012, p. 1), in November 2017, a report conducted by the British Council, “foreign language capacity is not where it needs to be, progress on the uptake of languages in schools has lagged”, (British Council (Alcantura Communications),

David Cookie argues that English is a ‘Trojan Horse’ which is intriguing from outside but there is a latent danger inside. He claims that English is the dominate language around the world in the contemporary society and he thinks that the spread of English is an appropriate, welcome, positive development for developed countries, but for developing or Third

In the ongoing state of modern globalization, language has become a barrier that cannot be ignored. At a point in recent history, some believed that Chinese might become the language of the future, but today China exists as the world’s largest English speaking population . English communication is thriving with some of the world’s largest and most disruptive companies based in English-speaking countries, so it is no surprise that international communication is highly dependent on English being a common ground.

This shows us what lead to the growing supremacy of English language. In this essay I will be discussing about the globalization of the English language and how it has effected other languages and people’s

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.

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.

Language is a very important feature of business as companies need to coordinate activities internally, communicate with each other and connect with customers and suppliers.

     “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,

English has taken over the course of huge advancement that is the reason why it has been preferred over any particular linguistics and for the same reason it has been taught and studied all around the world. These prospects led to the formation of English language as a lingua franca, whether it’s United Kingdom, United States or Canada people have devised their own extents for speaking the English(Wen, 2012). Not only in the European countries but also in all over South Asia, English has been utilised as the lingua franca as the English language has been definitively utilised without being necessarily the language of identification. English language has been utilised for the aspects of communication because it determined the stylistic features of an enhanced community. Therefore people all around the world started to learn English to modernise their linguistics and to be diversified because in most of the countries all around the world only English language has advocated its impression to lessen the communication barriers(Mufwene, 2012). In this particular essay it would be realised that how English has transformed to become the lingua franca of the business world and what could be the reasons, suggestions for business and for native and non-native speakers of English.

English is fast becoming the dominant means by which the world is able to communicate. It is being referred to as the global language as it is seen as a common means for interaction between different countries. This new phenomena can be seen in a positive light because the use of English as a common language brings efficiency and greater understanding. Growth and development are not tolerant of differences and English becomes a means for international expansion. Nonetheless this also brings with it a development which “gobbles up cultures and traditions”.