English as a world language

These days, English language becoming used more and more as a world language rather than other language. Besides that, there are so many languages that die every year and replaced by English language. Many people think this is a positive trend and that world with fewer languages promotes harmony and understanding between people but there are also many people that do not agree with it. So, English promotes harmony and understanding between people, despite people think that this is very negative.

           One of the many benefits of the use of English as a world language is the easy way to communicate in business matters. A country could easily do business with another country that the language has already changed to English. Developed countries like French, German, Japan and many others use English as their second language. However, they still appreciate their cultures. That is why they do not want to make English their first language. The rest of the countries refuse to make English their first or second language because they do not want their language to change. However, they still put it in their governments system that every kid has to learn English so they implement it in their education curriculum as well as inviting many English teachers to teach in their countries. Many private companies also open their language teaching informal schools in some countries. Some of them are Wall Street and English First. That is why it is very important that every country should know and understand about English.

The other advantage is the easy way to communicate between people in different countries. Being the universal language that English already is, it makes it easier for people to talk to each other whenever they are. If we are going to another country to travel or work or for some other instances, we are most likely to speak English because it is the only language that most people in the world understand even if it is only broken English they still can understand and respond to what we say. There will also be no misunderstanding if English become a universal language because everyone will talk in the same language and it will surely make all the leaders job easier and all politic matters will be simpler because they know what each other is talking about so it will be impossible to deceive each other and each of them will understand what they are talking about.

            However, there are so many people who think that English make other languages die equal to English make other countries’ cultures vanish. Australia is one of many countries that had become an English speaking country, changing their native Aborigine language to English because they had been colonized by The Great Britain. Australia has collaborated with so many countries ever since English became their first language. Take other example, Singapore, who had been colonized by English too. They were originally a Chinese based country and spoke using Mandarin as their language. But as the time goes by, all the signs on the road and building as well as the language they use at daily changed to English. Now people would think of Singapore as an English speaking country even though they have their own signature language, Singaporean English (Singlish), this is a combination of English with a slight of Mandarin accent. However, Singapore and many other countries that have already established English as their first language even though it is originally not their mother language, have lost their cultural identities.

            To sum it all up, it is good to make English universal language because that way everyone can be talking in a same language and will not get misunderstood by each other because the settling of English as a universal language minimize the possibilities of misunderstanding when talking to people from different countries. However, the countries that originally have their own cultures and languages will probably lose their cultural identities because they will not be using their native language anymore. It has its own advantages and disadvantages depending on how people see it in their own point of view.