THE IMPORTANCE OF ENGLISH IN THE WORLD

Abstract

In the twenty-first century, the entire world has become
narrow, accessible, sharable and familiar for all the people
living on this earth as English is used as a common language
even though there are some variations in habits, cultures,
traditions, regions and idiosyncratic aspects. As English has
got the common qualities, it has been accepted as the global
language among the speakers of thousands of different
languages. Since science and technology is progressing, there
are tremendous changes taking place in the lives of the human
beings everywhere in the world. As a result, the whole world
has become a global village and the people have to maintain
good relationship with the others. Moreover, business, trade
and commerce have become international and most of the
business organizations have their offices in most of the
countries. In order to maintain international relationship in
science, technology, business, education, travel, tourism and so
on, English serves the purpose as a common language and a
global language. It is the language mostly used not only
by the scientists, business organizations and the internet but
also in higher education, and tourism sectors. As English plays
a dominant role in almost all the fields in the present
globalized world, there is a need to discuss its role as a global
language. The present paper highlights the importance of
English as a global language as most of the world’s
communications is done in English. It also reveals how
English is being widely used in scientific research, business
and education. This paper also throws a light on how travel
and tourism and entertainment fields are benefitted by
adopting English as their principal language of
communication. This paper also highlights the importance
of English in education and employment. Finally, some
useful suggestions are also given in order to extend the use of
English into several other fields.