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World English Essay

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“Knowing English is like possessing the fabled Aladdin’s lamp, which permits one to open, as it were, the linguistic gates to international business, technology, science, and travel. In short, English provides linguistic power.” (Kachru B. B., 1990). English is used widely across the globe and there is no doubt that it aids in effective communication. The quote by Larry Smith has given a general view of World Englishes. Based on that quote, English differ from one nation to another and it does not belong to any nation. English usage may vary due to cultural difference and hence acceptance is importance as to get the message across. In some countries, English is used as the first language, some as second and foreign in the others. Hence, there are varieties of English and I strongly agree with Larry Smith’s quotation. In ensuing paragraphs, I will explain on the emergence of World Englishes, varieties of World Englishes and Kachru’s theory on English speakers around the world. …show more content…

In the world we live in today, English is now spoken in almost every country. The number of native speakers (ENL users) is less than those in the outer circle (ESL users). Why so? English began to spread to the other parts of the world via migration to America, Australia and New Zealand and that resulted in different accents. This was known as the first diaspora (16th and 17th century) and for the second diaspora (18th and 19th century), English spread to Asia and Africa through colonisation. The second dispersal of English results in the emergence of World Englishes and crucially, it is also the common tongue for many non-English speakers the world over, and almost a quarter of the globe’s population - maybe 1½-2 billion people - can understand it and have at least some basic competence in its use, whether written or spoken. (Who Speaks

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