The Importance Of English As A Native Language

Language, a remarkable invention of humankind, plays a substantial role in distinguishing human from other living creatures, enabling human to call themselves ‘Homo Sapiens’. Using this signalling system, humankind is capable of dividing utterances into separate words, replacing them with another, or changing the structure of the sentence but the meanings of it remains the same (Barber, Beal and Shaw, 2009). Every language has certain binding rules, yet, recur in massive number of combinations and patterns (Millward and Hayes, 2012). Learning this systematic instrument enables articulate communication using common tongue, and helps in exchanging thought and connecting people, thus forming cohesion and co-operation between people around the

The first representing nations of which English spread through colonisation by the British while the later is due to globalisation (Seargeant, 2012). Either serving as an administrative second language or a foreign language, English is being learnt mainly for extrinsic linguistics factors, such as the application of the language in political, military, technological, economic and cultural contexts (Crystal, 2012). However, the intrinsic influencing factors should not be overlooked. It is the simplistic of language enabling itself to contact with the native languages and, furthermore, allowing multi-linguals to habitually deploy English with other languages in a complementary way. Significant examples from both outer and expanding circles nations are Singlish (Singaporean English), Manglish (Malaysian English), Indian English, Chinglish (China English) and Wasai-eigo (Japanese-made

In fact, the first serious attempts to establish English colonies overseas were made in the last quarter of the 16th century, in the reign of Queen Elizabeth (lack of citation). She granted royal charter to East India Company (EIC) and, meanwhile, supported explorers such as Francis Drake, Sir Water Raleigh, Sir John Hawkins, Sir Humphrey Gilbert and Sir Richard Greenville (lack of citation), sending British political imperialism around the world, laying the cornerstone for the hereafter global exploration and colonisation (Crystal, 2003). The handover of Hong Kong symbolizes the full retreat of the British Empire, yet, the USA succeeded Britain as the preserver of English language as a global language, by using its economic and industrial supremacy as the main driving force (Crystal,