English as an international language

NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF THE SPREAD OF ENGLISH

• The threat to existing languages
• The influence on cultural identity
• The association of the language with and economic elite

CONCERNS:

The dominance of E:

many individuals learn E because they want access to such things as scientific and technological information global economic trade, and higher education.

Many concerns are raised in relation to the negative economic repercussions of the spread of English. One of the primry concerns in this regard is the strong relationship btw economic wealth and proficiency in the language, and the role that language education policy and practices play in promoting this.