THE FUTURE STATUS OF ENGLISH AS THE GLOBAL LANGUAGE IS NOT ASSURED
There are many people from different cultures that speak more than one language, as it is usual many people can talk more than one language. First, they use their native language as a way to communicate with people from their own culture. Second, people learn to talk many different languages such as French, Portuguese, Spanish, and the most common language that people learn is English. Many people claim that English will become the global language in the world; however, this is not assured because of many reasons.
According to David crystal, a British expert, “estimates that some 350 million people can use English as a second language” in my opinion I think that this statistic is true because many people are learning to speak English for many reasons such as work, for example, many people go to the United States to lock for a job, it is said that if you want to get a job easily and faster you can go to USA because there are more opportunities to find a job there, but this people just learn English for this benefit, they don´t study English to use it as a first language, last of all, you won´t ever forget your native language.
Mr. Rebelo the author of a new bill designed to “promote and defend” the Lusitanian [Portuguese] language claim that wherever you go, for example, a mall, supermarket or a commercial center you can find many words written in English, which is why Mr. Rebelo said that “people feel humiliated and offended by having to pronounce words in a different language that is not theirs”, but I think that he is wrong because even if you don´t know English and you find words written in this language you can understand what this word is trying to say and sometimes wherever you go, you can see foreign people which is why you or some people find words written in different language.
To sum up, English can be the most common language spoken around the world; however, it doesn´t mean that this language is going to be or will become the global language of the hole world.
WALTER ASSINA FLORES
I really enjoy reading you essay. It has the three parts of an essay: introduction, body, and conclution. You think that the future of English as the global language is not assured, and you support it with good ideas, contrasting them with other ideas. You use a point-by-point organization.
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