The Globalization of the English Language
Summarization of Global English I watched two videos on how English is becoming a "global language", both linked in the "references" section of this post. The first one goes over how English expanded in China and the second goes over how English expanded in the EU. Image created by KangZeLiu My main takeaways from the first video : Image created by Jayzel68 English used to be interpreted as a "tool of imperialism" in China before the 1970s. Since then, Chinese people became more open to it as a way of gaining wealth/becoming successful, and being able to communicate with the "outside world". Multi-national companies helped spread English by standardizing it. School children are the primary population that learns English in China. The American economy is the most influential in the "Western world". The new Chinese dictionary contains hundreds of words derived from English. Modernization requires one to know English. English threatens
