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Teach English in Hengshui Zhen - Yuncheng Shi

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Since World War II, English language replaced French as the lingua franca of diplomacy. Before the war, it was already used all through the British Colonial Empire, while after the war, the use of English was further improved by the significant international role played by English-speaking nations (the United States and the Commonwealth of Nations). Even after the colonial period, some of the newly formed nations continued to use English as lingua franca in order to avoid political conflicts that could arise by choosing one of the multiple indigenous languages. The British Empire introduced and established the use of English in regions around the world such as North America, India, Africa, Australia and New Zealand. In the 21st century, English is of major relevance in many sections like education, medicine, engineering and business. As it is the world’s third largest native language and the official language in around 70 countries, it can be at least understood almost everywhere among educated people. Although Chinese and Spanish have a higher number of speakers, these languages are not as popular with non-native speakers as English is. Luckily, English is also one of the simplest and easiest natural languages in the world. Other simple and easy languages are constructed ones. There is no doubt that the concept of easiness is relative, but the following characteristics are in favor of English: simple and short alphabet, simple and easy verb conjugation, almost no inflections, one of the most analytical languages. The following languages represent potential universal languages due to their countries’ population and economic power, but all of them have disadvantages compared to English: 1. Japanese – but it has complicated script 2. Chinese – also very complicated script and tones 3. German – but it has many more inflexions than English 4. French, Spanish and Portuguese – but they have a very complicated verb conjugation 5. Russian – but it has complex verb conjugations and numerous noun declensions The effect of a universal language is much higher now than it was in the past as we are living in the era of world mass communication. Today, 150 million people use English as a foreign language and it is also the language of international air traffic control, and the principal language of world publishing, science and technology. English is also crucial in business. Around 84% of companies prefer English as a foreign language while only 32% require French. Undoubtedly, English language is not threatened by other natural languages, when it comes to its dominance, but what about translation technology and hybrid languages? Will people still bother to learn English now that they are just a few clicks away from reading any online text written in English in their maternal language? Professor of machine learning, linguistics and computer science at Stanford University Christopher Manning claims that not so far from now, the quality of translation technology will be as good as that of human translators. The future of English may also seem at risk as many people speak it as their second language and create its hybrid forms that way. For example, only in India, you can hear Hinglish, Tanglish and Benglish which are mixtures of standard form of English and Hindi, Tamil and Bengali, respectively. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-44200901 https://www.ukessays.com/essays/linguistics/why-is-english-considered-a-global.php https://englishlive.ef.com/blog/english-in-the-real-world/english-became-global-language/


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