Name: SHOBADE, Christianah Temitope.

Matric No: 150321126

Course Code: ENG 412

Course Title: Trends and Development in English Language

Wikipedia has it that, Globalization is the connection of different parts of the world resulting in the
expansion of international cultural, economic, and political activities. It is the movement and integration of
goods and people among different countries. It is a term which may be used broadly to mean doing things
as distant people do them, or more narrowly to mean complying with global standards in economy, politics,
culture, education, environment or other matters. It describes the way countries and people of the world
interact and integrate. Many things have become globalized as people come into contact. Globalization is
the word used to describe the growing interdependence of the world‟s economies, cultures, and populations,
brought about by cross-border trade in goods and services, technology, and flows of investment, people,
and information.

English language is a language before Globalization; English is the language after Globalization.
Globalization and English language are said to work as pull factors for one another. English language plays
a major role in the progress of Globalization. Man has been using language as a medium of communication
for the ages, today due to Globalization; English language has become the most prized possession of
communication. In this Global village, English language acts as a repository of wisdom and wit. The
language can be use to promote our world view, heritage and promote cultural and traditional aspects
across the globe. Globalization has brought English language into limelight. In an era of increased
communication through the telephones, fax machine, television and modem, the world is becoming more
and more globally oriental. Business, families, friends and many other groups with common interests are
able to form small tele or cyber communications that transcend geographical boundaries.

Globalization originated with trade and marketing and crossed the national boundaries to connect people.
Globalization has brought everything together but the English language made Globalization more possible
and effective one. English 'became' formally global in the end of the 90s with the implementation
introduction of the Internet. The recognition of the global position of English came true. Due to
globalization, English language emerged as a global force. As statistics say English language is the most
widely spoken tongue in the world today. It is English language, however, a bigger impact on the world as
a whole and has become the global de-facto standard used in business, cultural, political and linguistic
exchange. “English rules” is an old phrase, “English language rules” is the new phrase emerged out of
Globalization. English language has revolutionized science and technology. It has become the main tool in
computer languages and components. The purpose of the language and its influence lead to common
objective. Computers are the most important technical tool that has revolutionized all walks of life and
communication is no exception to the phenomenon.

There is no doubt that Globalization has changed the face of English language. In fact, Globalization has
changed the life style of human beings altogether; the English language has given a new life to the modern
man. English language and globalization walk side by side, towards the goal of communication, business
and politics, making simpler the ways around the world. Beyond the pragmatical approach about the
language and the globalization itself, it has also exposed the practical use of the English language in the
everyday of the human being wherever around the world.

According to David Graddol, there will be two billion people speaking or learning English within a decade.
For The Economist English is the language of globalization, among other nouns. Everywhere, anywhere
today and most certainly tomorrow, English is to be present in the life of every citizen around the globe.
Due to globalization, English has become the main tool for operating in most fields: internet, banking,
travelling etc. It is maybe simplistic to say that the last two decades are the decades of globalization. There
is even more growing international commerce, financial and technological which copulates to an
international economy. But not only those, the flux of innovations, information and people also reaches a
higher level every day. With those, problems that once were local, today are global, to name some:
environmental destruction, clandestine immigration, terrorism, drug trafficking – these problems do not
any more go steady under a nations rule of justice, and it does not matter how strong the nation is – they
have gone global.

The phenomena globalization and the need for an efficient way of communication around the world is a
fact which does not depend on our wanting or not, believing or not – it is a fact. The domain of English is,
today a basic need for any professional in any major area. The internationalization of manpower made
nations adopt English as the official language of the world, as said before and the learning of the language
opens doors for personal, professional and cultural development. The Universities around the world today
are testing more and more the knowledge of English language in its exams. Not only do students need the
acknowledgement of the language, also do professionals in all areas, need this knowledge.

With the advent of the internet, the knowledge of the English language is fundamental for the one in search
of a more efficient research trough the WWW – World Wide Web. Internet also tends to be, in the future,
one of the most powerful technological instruments, which will send information in a more efficient way,
in a faster way.
David Graddol in 'The future of English‟, examines English and emphasizes the unpredictability in the
language. He says „the current global wave of English may lose momentum‟ and new languages can
emerge in the next century. So from different views it can be said that English is here for historical reasons
and maybe not here tomorrow for the same reasons. It is pretty clear that the 21st century started with the
English Language in its centre as the main, if not unique, language of communication in international area.
Even when we talk in regionalism the English Language will be used to externalize the conclusions and
regulations of those regional countries or parties. The most important, maybe not the most known,
international meeting, held in Davos, every year also has it's externalization through the media done mainly
done in English Language, not to say the negotiations itself that do happen in the English Language as well.

Finally, the power of the English Language surrounds us. The words we need today to recreate the future or
imagine alternative futures can be given by this global Language. And it does not prevent us from
reflecting about English in a contemporary world, in a theorization between world margins and local story
in which nearby happenings reflect on global areas as to regionalism to globalization; and global events
affect close events and people as the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland does each year happen
and affect us.

REERENCES

http:// www.arcos.org.br/artigos/the-english-language-and-the-globalization/
https:// www.ashvamegh.net/impact-of-globalization-and-english-language/