Nowadays, the term “globalization” is used everywhere. Globalization basically is a process of changing in economics, technology, communication and even education. English is one of many things which is globalizing. According to Andy Curtis, there are over 300 million people using English as their first language. English is the third largest language in the World after Mandarin and Spanish. Because of the global revolution, the developing of technology and the desire to communicate with strangers, more and more people has started to learn English. Globalization has turned English into the most popular language; however, globalization decreases the quality of the English language. Due to globalization, the present time is called the information Age and it especially is
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Surely, the media and the internet are pushing English to become the world global language. There are more non-native speakers than native speakers in English. The Columbia University press 2005 said that there were almost a billion or maybe more people who speak English as a second language in the World. English helps a lot in communicating, in traveling and doing business. The summer after I finished the 10th grade, my family had a chance to go travelling to Singapore. I know that 80% of Singapore population was Chinese, but the bad thing is I didn’t know Mandarin and neither did my family. We were worried about how we could communicate with the people over there. However, we were surprised after we got there. The people who lived in Singapore could actually speak English. They told me that their official language was English. I was so happy. I began to recognize that learning English was so useful. English is not only a good tool in communication but also a good tool in doing business. Nowadays, international business is operated everywhere. According to the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press, “the impact of international financial organization such as World Bank,
Surely, the media and the internet are pushing English to become the world global language. There are more non-native speakers than native speakers in English. The Columbia University press 2005 said that there were almost a billion or maybe more people who speak English as a second language in the World. English helps a lot in communicating, in traveling and doing business. The summer after I finished the 10th grade, my family had a chance to go travelling to Singapore. I know that 80% of Singapore population was Chinese, but the bad thing is I didn’t know Mandarin and neither did my family. We were worried about how we could communicate with the people over there. However, we were surprised after we got there. The people who lived in Singapore could actually speak English. They told me that their official language was English. I was so happy. I began to recognize that learning English was so useful. English is not only a good tool in communication but also a good tool in doing business. Nowadays, international business is operated everywhere. According to the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press, “the impact of international financial organization such as World Bank,