Global Effread Of English: The Global Expread Of English

The global spread of English

The development of globalization has spread English worldwide and English has become the dominant language (Phillipson, 17). I have to admit that English is monopolizing other languages in some countries and it is an unprecedented threat to some cultures. However, the global spread of English has a lot of positive effects, such as helping countries to raise power, to expend their influences, and to allow the rest of world access their culture and hear their opinions.

In some countries, English is a very common tool with higher status over the other local languages. With the rising power of English, many languages are facing extinction and the diversity of cultures in the world is full of challenges. In Singapore,

It is not necessary to overstate the threat of English and consider it as “language monster” or a “cultural murderer”. Virtually, English is a powerful tool that can help countries to raise their power and to expand the influences in the world. It is also a tool that allows the rest of the world to access your country’s valuable culture and to learn your voice. For those English-speaking countries, such as Britain, the USA, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, they increase heir power and get benefits by spreading English (Phillipson, 17). For those developed non English-speaking countries, such as Germany, Japan and France, English hardly has threats to the local languages. For example, in France, people are very proud of speaking their own languages. If you ask the local folks a question, they will answer you in French first. If you don’t understand, then they will repeat in

Developing countries can use English to expand their influence as well. Lots of people are interested in the Asian culture and Egyptian history. However, due to the language problem, lots of them are not able to learn about and understand those valuable things in other languages. We suppose that an American comes to China and wishes to visit the Summer Palace; if there weren’t any English translators or English guides, then this person perhaps would not see the value of the cultural relics and historic sites. In this situation, English is a tool for Chinese people to express their culture. Last year, there was a famous Chinese TV drama, called ‘Zhen Huan Zhuan’, which has been translated into English. It provides an opportunity for Chinese to introduce their history and culture to the Western countries. Developing countries can use English to expand their influence. All people in the world who use English would be able to gain an access to Chinese culture. In this case, English has a positive