Globalization Of English Language

“Approximately one in three of the world’s population (seven billion) is now capable of community to a useful level in English” (Allington, Mayor, 2012, p: 91). Some people will think that this argument is pointing out only for adult’s community which is not true. Actually, it points out all community including children. As David Gradol argues “a new generation of English-Knowing children around the world, for whom English represents a basic skill” (Allington, Mayor, 2012, p: 91). In addition, globalization makes everyone has the ability to speak the international language which is English this makes it become a lingua franca. Thus, people including children become literate in different languages which associated with different writing systems

Richard Hanley “English is a difficult writing system for children to learn” (Allington, Mayor, 2012, p: 120). This argument based on many studies in 14 different European countries such as Italy, Turkey and Spain. In these countries, children used to read English better than children who are English native speakers. (Allington, Mayor, 2012). This refers to two reasons, the first reason that English has a difficult nature of its writing system or orthography. The second one refers to complex nature of the syllabic structure of the spoken English. (Allington, Mayor, 2012). In addition, English is not transparent language, unlike the European languages because of that, European children can develop their skills in reading English as they get older. There are two reasons which makes English is transparent. First, the pronunciation of many words has changed during the time (Allington, Mayor, 2012). For example; word “knife” the letter “k” was not silent as it now. Second, the borrowing words into English had kept in the same form. As an example; the spelling of “café” is still written in the same form (Allington, Mayor, 2012). Nonetheless. There are advantages and disadvantages of English orthography, according to Hanley’s argument. The advantage is that English does not have a completely regular orthography. For example; words such “colonel” and “kernel”, only a professional reader can notice the difference of their meaning from their written form

When a child becoming biliterate, he will experience a range of forms and functions of writing. He is able to learn and develop more than one literacy system. Young children who attend schools that using more than one language, they are able to use these languages in their writing, drawing or even the way of thinking. For example; a bilingual child who learns English and Spanish will use both languages to describe his drawing. I had a personal experience when I was learning English and French at school. Sometimes I was speaking English instead French or the opposite. Some children still have this problem because of that some institutions in the British society including primary schools tend to separate languages in children’s lives. In which a child should use his English language at school and use any other languages at home (Allington, Mayor, 2012). In a certain age, bilingual children will become aware of the differences of writing in two languages. Evidence shows that a first language writing system affects the reading and speaking of the other writing system (Bassitti, 2012, p: 4). But bilingual children an skip this step by exploit the positive effects on the use of writing systems. Such useful effect, it is may improve literacy in a first language (Bassitti, 2012). Children are very smart, they have the knowledge to differentiate between