https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Kvs8SxN8mc&ab_channel=BritishCouncilS erbia David Crystal - Will English Always Be the Global Language? Reasons why English became so popular: 1) The power of the British Empire then 2) The power of American imperialism 3) The power of the industrial revolution when English became the language of technology and science (17th) 4) The power of money. Britain and America were the most productive nations which used English, so the language of international banking again became English (19th) 5) Culture aspect, pops songs, history, development of television and radio, international advertising and of course development of the Internet. (20th) The Internet has become multilingual. Today English is a global language. Moreover, we have globalization That’s all the result of what we see today. But is English going to be global language in the future? Facts: (2014) About 400 million native speakers About 700 million people speaks English (who use English as a foreign language) 90% information on the Internet is stored in English 50% scientific and technical publications come out in English 85% international conferences and organizations use English English will stay a global language as long as the most powerful nations in the world continue to use English and all the other nations want to be like them or want to interact with them or want to sell things to them and so on Until this chain works English will stay in the same place. The world needs a global language because countries want to talk to each other, so they have to be institutions to enable that to happen and the obvious institution is the United Nations Scenarios: 1) American English will ultimately dominate all other varieties of English and we already see this happening in small ways like impact of American English on spelling, pronunciation, grammar (In British English we would say I’ve just eaten but today lots of young people say I just ate) 2) English of the future would be a mix of all sorts of English from around the World. Bits of Indian English bits of Australian English bits of American English bits of British English maybe who knows bits of Serbian English you know everybody can put something in. A Lingua franca English (term that is used a lot nowadays) which means culturally not identifiable with any one place because it’s a mixture of everything. Millions of people in India speak English but it’s Indian English not British or American. I am knowing, I am remembering that’s not a traditional British or American usage but its dominant in India and not just India but also Sri Lanka and the other countries around because there is so much movement around the globe now Slogan of McDonalds is «I’m loving it» think about it for a second you would never have said that 20 years ago you know you would say I love it
