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- 1. Karen O’Brien | EDUC 592B| Dr. Jo-Anne Hohensee| Fall 2016 THE FUTURE OF ENGLISH
- 2. English as a Lingua Franca • Means of communication by speakers of different languages • Has parallels in the Latin of pre-modern Europe. Latin used in speech continued to change, forming new dialects, which in time gave rise to the modern Romance languages: French, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian and Spanish. GLOBAL LANGUAGE http://theconversation.com/what-will-the-english-language-be-like-in-100-years-50284
- 3. Old English Anglo-Saxon Middle English Early Modern English Present-Day English Contemporary English 600-1100 1100-1500 1500-1650 1650-Present 1700 1800 1900 1990s-2000s Internet begins to change the way people communicate and find out information. Portable phones Texting Shift from British to American English; selected standard L2 acquisition. ? HISTORY OF ENGLISH http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~kemmer/Words/chron.html 20th C.19th C.18th C. 21st C.15th C.
- 4. French world's most widely spoken language by 2050. ENVIRONMENT OF LANGUAGE https://hbr.org/2012/05/global-business-speaks-english 1. Chinese. "Although Chinese has three times more native speakers than English, it's still not as evenly spread over the world," Ammon said. "Moreover, Chinese is only rarely used in sciences and difficult to read and write.“ 2. Spanish. Spanish makes up for a lack of native speakers — compared with China — by being particularly popular as a second language, taught in schools around the world, Ammon said. 3. French. "French has lost grounds in some regions and especially in Europe in the last decades," Ammon explained. "French, however, could gain influence again if west Africa where it is frequently spoken were to become more politically stable and economically attractive.“ The fastest-spreading language in human history, English is spoken at a useful level by some 1.75 billion people worldwide—that’s one in every four of us.
- 5. • English will maintain and grow its dominance, moving from “a marker of the elite” in years past to “a basic skill needed for the entire workforce, in the same way that literacy has been transformed in the last two centuries from an elite privilege into a basic requirement for informed citizenship.” Indeed, the British Council reports that by 2020, two billion people will be studying English. • The new study of 1.6 million online test-takers in more than 50 countries was conducted by EF, a company that specializes in English language training. • The study is somewhat comforting for English speakers, who have struggled to master a foreign language. The National Journal reports that only 10% of native-born Americans can speak a second language, compared to 56% of European Union citizens. • The ability to speak a second (or third) language is clearly important for becoming a global leader. Even in powerhouse China, more people are currently studying English than in any other country. An incredible 100,000 native English speakers are currently teaching there. Hegemony of English is no excuse for monolingual native speakers to slack off. Global colleagues will be making the same effort in reverse. AND HOPEFULLY, IN THE END, We’ll all understand each other a bit better. GLOBAL LANGUAGE http://www.forbes.com/sites/dorieclark/2012/10/26/english-the-language-of-global-business/#3598760e2164 • Competitive pressure. • Globalization of tasks and resources. • M&A integration across national boundaries. English may be the most essential language for global business success at the moment.
- 6. “The days when English shared the planet with thousands of other languages are numbered. A traveler to the future, a century from now, is likely to notice two things about the language landscape of Earth”. WHAT THE WORLD WILL SPEAK IN 2115 ? http://www.wsj.com/articles/what-the-world-will-speak-in-2115-1420234648
- 7. 2115 New Interlanguages •Singaporean “Singlish” •Spanglish is the native tongue of millions of speakers in the United States, suggesting that this variety is emerging as a language in its own right. Largest Concentration of Native Speakers •Influence of US English can be heard throughout the world: can I get a cookie, I’m good, did you eat, the movies, “schedule. 2015 ENGLISH IN 100 YEARS Automatic Translation Software •Google Translate replace English as the preferred means of communication within international corporations and government agencies. Multiple Englishes •Standard English used in England, spoken with the accent known as Received Pronunciation, that carried prestige. •In the future, to speak English will be to speak US English. http://theconversation.com/what-will-the-english-language-be-like-in-100-years-50284 Dominance US usage in the digital world will lead to the wider acceptance of further American preferences, such as favorite, donut, dialog, center.
- 8. In other words: There is no one single language of the future. Instead, language learners will increasingly have to ask themselves about their own goals and motivations. THE FUTURE OF LANGUAGE https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2015/09/24/the-future-of-language/ What is being lost? Today we are witnessing a process of de-standardization, and the emergence of competing norms of usage; In The Online World. Getting shorter Emoji pictograms The fast-changing world of social media is also responsible for the coining and spreading of neologisms, or “new words”. Oxford Dictionaries give a flavor: mansplaining, awesomesauce, rly, bants, TL;DR.
- 9. What will be the future “lingua franca”? What language(s) will dominate? •What industries? •What countries will be affected most? What is the best L2 acquisition choice for the future? •Why? How many people worldwide will speak some form of English in 2115? After British and American territories, which country has the largest English L2 acquisition? GLOBAL INFLUENCE
- 11. BIBLIOGRAPHY http://www.wsj.com/articles/what-the-world-will-speak-in-2115-1420234648 This article provides insight to the future direction of languages, including English as a means of Global communication. http://www.economist.com/blogs/prospero/2014/07/future-english This article compares and contrasts the roots and development of languages and makes predictions about the course of English in the future. https://www.britishcouncil.jp/sites/default/files/eng-future-of-english-en.pdf This paper forcasts the Global purposes and popularity with English as a second language for the future and discusses the fait of English as a dominant language. http://theconversation.com/what-will-the-english-language-be-like-in-100- years-50284 This article discusses the future of American English as the preferred standard because of its Global influence in Social Discourse, mostly attributed to the advent of the internet and “smart” devices. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2015/09/24/the-future-of-language/
- 12. BIBLIOGRAPHY http://ci.columbia.edu/ci/eseminars/1002_detail.html A range of important questions pertaining to English as a catalyst for future Global communication are raised by David Crystal in comparison to the history of English over the last five centuries and the future. http://englishagenda.britishcouncil.org/continuing-professional-development/cpd-managers/future-english This article discussed the future of English and who will speak it and for what purposes? The focus is aimed at continuing professional development. Additionally, it outlines future expectations of professionals. https://www.britishcouncil.org/voices-magazine/whats-future-english This article discusses the opinion of David Crystal and the speed at which new forms of English are evolving, which is spreading quickly and the impact on the future estimate of different “Englishes”. http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~kemmer/Words/chron.html This website oultines the chronology of events in the history of English. https://hbr.org/2012/05/global-business-speaks-english