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English as a global languageEnglish has become the world international language. As a result of this, we could today say that it is a global language. This means that nowadays millions of people all over the world can speak it to one or another level. If we could use/speak/write some English and go on holiday anywhere in the world, we would always be able to communicate with someone in the hotel, restaurant, shop, etc. using it. We would most probably be able to ask for help, directions, information should we need any of this. This is one of the characteristics which has turned the English into a global language. Another characteristic is the fact that today, in many countries pupils from their early school years start learning it as a foreign language. English has also become the international global language in the world of business, trade, capital markets, service industry and also in the world of international technologies and communications. We could say that the majority of the politicians, governments, countries from all over the world use it as the ?mediator? of mutual interaction and communication. An article on the Internet cites ?that English is so popular and that it is spoken in more than a hundred countries, and has more than a million words?. This just shows to us the popularity and the global role and influence this language has at the present time. This is why it is important for so many people worldwide to study this language. They consider mastering it because they have realised that only through learning it they would get a chance to apply for a better job; they would have better career prospects but above all, they would keep up-to-date with world events and developments. Online source of information says that ?eighty-five percent of all written material in the world is written in English?. However popular and global language the English has become, we should try to be aware of the effects this could have to some other languages. For example, to some languages which are not spoken by majority of people or which are spoken in smaller, not so well economically developed territories. Could this one day lead to disappearing of some of them? People should be careful not to let less spoken languages or languages spoken only by minority of people to be forgotten or to die out. Despite the fact that it can be very convenient and useful to use one language as a global one in numerous situations, we should try to keep these languages exist, too. As an example of a language, which had been threatened to become extinct we can use the Welsh. Although it is a minority language, support for it began to grow after the second half of the twentieth century. The Welsh people have realised that their native language is a synonym for their identity. Different movements had been set up to protect it and not to let it die out. In a result of this, Welsh is still a living language and it is used by thousands of locals throughout wales. Though today?s Welsh speakers are not monoglots, except may be some elderly people who live in traditional Welsh speaking regions, they have managed to keep it and are able to use it. At the same time, they can speak English, too. We come to the conclusions that it is really important and necessary for those people who do not know English to learn it. Especially as the world nowadays is ?one big place? and many people have become cosmopolitan. They would always benefit if they could use the today?s world global language ? the English. This does not mean that if they belong to a minority of people, they should forget their own native language. Native languages give identity to the different nationalities; they show or can be used to express the characteristics of one or another group of people. English is the present global language. That?s why people who know it, who master it would be able to use this skill into their advantage. There will be always people who will want to learn it because they have realised that knowing it could open for them ?many doors? in life. Used resources: 1) Internet based articles - paragraphs 2) Wikipedia (free encyclopaedia) ? Welsh language
