THE CHANGING WORLD OF ENGLISH

THE CHANGING WORLD OF ENGLISH

By the end of the twentieth century, English was already on its way to becoming a genuine lingua franca, that is a language used widely for communication between people who do not share the same first (or sometimes second) language. As you could read, English was necessary to communicate with others. In 1985, Braj Kachru estimated that there were between 320 and 380 million people speaking English as a first language and between 250 and 380 million as a second language, but he predicted that the balance might change.  Kachur´s prediction come true, but in a much higher scale than he might have supposed. This means that English was becoming famous around the world, for it was the principal language of communication as a lingua franca. Though many people were not native English speakers, they were becoming foreign language speakers.

Nowadays, English is still important because many Latin countries have alliances with English speakers countries; therefore, is important and necessary for them to speak English. In our country, English is necessary to get a job, if you do not speak English, you have less chances to get the job then people who do speak it.

In the future,  English will be the first language spoken in many Latin countries because it has become so necessary for many things like communication that is the most important as we said before.