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Friday, September 25, 2009

The advantages brought by the spread of English as a “global language” will outweigh the disadvantages. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this view?



Introduction: Partially agree – English has become the lingua franca in many parts of the world. It has words from many languages.
Paragraph 1&2: Advantages
-          It is the language of global business – also jobs
-          It is the language of technology
-          Travel easier
-          No need of expensive translations
-          It is a unifying factor – for e.g. in the Indian pluralistic society there are more than 700 odd languages and dialects
-          Easy to learn as it has adopted words from many languages
Paragraph 3: Disadvantages:
-          Local languages die out
-          Local culture dies out because language and culture are inter related
-          May divide into dialects
Conclusion: advantages outweigh the disadvantages

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