Sunday, June 20, 2010

Why English is a lingua franca of our time



English, which is a globalization language, is spoken by much more people all over the world. In this earth, Mandarin is spoken by the most person, however, English is much more widely. English is not only the mother language in some countries, it is still a second language or official language in much more countries. In this world, English speaking nations are the most powerful such as Britain, the USA, Canada, Australia and so on. Even there are other powerful nations in the world such as China, Japan, German and France, they speak different languages.

English is the most popular language in the world. People all over the world will learn English when they are children, especially in China. It could promote the development of English language on the other side. English is easy to learn for European.

Because of the development of globalization, people need the common language to exchange with other people. English is the best language to be a lingua franca, because most wildly people speak it.

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