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Globalization And English Hegemony Essay

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Globalization and English Hegemony
When we focuses on the specific distinguishing features of contemporary globalization and hegemonies which makes a very new development in human history. Among the most important such specific features are the changes in the structure of international relations and of hegemonies.What’s more, it is also crucial to know the importance of other factors, including the continuous impingements of the different peripheries on multiple hegemonic centers, the transformation of some basic characteristics of nation, revolutionary states and the close relations of these processes to new civilizational perspectives and inter-civilizational relations. (Eisenstadt, 2009)And when it comes to English hegemony, it is happening …show more content…

Since I am Chinese and my mother tone is Chinese but I have learned English at a very young age. So my attitude towards English is complex and contradictory. On the one hand, I am under the pressure of society and my relatives and friends. And they have constantly instilled many ideas of how important English can be since I was very young. So I am aware enough of the fact that learning English is vital for my academic development. In this way, I have spent much time on English learning and devote myself to have further study of English, for the reason that I know I can benefit from English learning. In fact, learning English becomes a natural thing for me instead of extra burden of my daily life. And I have to say there is an imperceptible influence on me. When I have learnt English for a long time, I will have a great interest in culture and history of western countries and even very yearning for the life of western countries, especially English-speaking countries. To be sure, I am influenced by the trend of today’s English hegemonic global society and want to be “successful” in today’s English hegemonic higher education and the global society since it may provide me more chance to broaden my horizons and may have more superiority in the job competition since I live in an era of rapid change and fierce

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