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V Language with special status over the native
mother tongue

V Special status conferred in two ways:

1. Government making it as official

2. Receives priority in schooling

  



 



• xoes not compel the speaker to have a perfect
command of the culture it expresses

• Is de-nationalized

• Communication of the ideas and culture

• Functions as a bridge between speakers with

different linguistic backgrounds
 
 

• §nglish as a Native Language (§NL)

• §nglish as a Second Language (§SL)

• §nglish as a Foreign Language (§FL)

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V calf of the world's scientific journals written in
§nglish

V Three quarters of the world's mail written in

§nglish

V Three fifth of the radio stations of the world beam

their messages in §nglish

V Spoken as a first language by more than

300million people around the world

V One in five people speak §nglish competently


 
  


• Industrial Revolution, the British economic
predominance in the 19th century paved the
way for colonialism of large geographical
reach

• xisplacement of French from the sphere of

diplomacy

• After World War 2, there was a rise in

economic influence from the United States

 
  
§nglish is fast
gaining status as
an international
language

leaving other
languages quite
behind in the
race to the top.
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• nowledge of §nglish as a language facilitates

trade

• To upgrade workers¶ skills

• Participate in workplace flexibility and multi-

skill initiatives.

• Provides competitive advantage example

outsourcing by many developed countries.
• §nglish language training useful for the
successful participation of non- §nglish
speaking jobseekers abroad .

• Governments are now providing for §nglish

language training programs for potential
overseas workers and immigrants.

• Important vehicle to promote development

and IT transfer improvement.
 
   

• The internet is widely regarded as a tool for
strengthening trade and investment.

• Global internet statistics

show that §nglish shares
around 36% of the total
online language.
 

 

 


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• aour friendly new British neighbor you¶ve met in the
corridor said that you should come over for a coffee
some time ± so why did they look surprised when
you turned up at their doorstep the next afternoon

aour friendly British neighbor was just being polite ±

³let¶s do something some time´ is a just an
expression, bearing as much weight and actual
intention behind it as the notorious ³hi, how are
you´. If they really did want to invite you for a
coffee, they would have made a date.
    




• xeveloping contextualized language courses

• §ncouraging interaction between the native and

non-native §nglish speaking people

• Supporting continuous language tuition on all

levels, including local languages ± making an
effort to understand the local culture
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• Linguistic power: Are those who speak
the global language as a mother tongue
automatically have more power than
those who learn it as a second or foreign
language?

• Linguistic complacency: Will a global

language eliminate motivation to learn
other languages?
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‰ ³It is all too easy to make your way in the world
with §nglish as your mother tongue . . . . We
become lazy about learning other languages. . . .
We all have to make a greater effort. §nglish
may be the world language, but it is not the
world¶s only language and if we are to be good
global neighbors we shall have to be less
condescending to the languages of the world²
more assiduous in cultivating acquaintance with
them.´

‰ Sir Siddrath Ramphal, former secretary general

of the British Commonwealth
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• §mergence of a global language leads to
the disappearance of minority languages

• A unfounded fear for now: §nglish as a

global language seems to have the
opposite effect²stimulating a stronger
support for local languages