Non-Native English Language

In today’s modern world, the English language not only limits itself to native speakers from countries in which English represents one of the official languages, but it is also spoken by a large amount of people living all across the globe. Gone are the days in which English was mainly used in the western hemisphere, as it is now a frequent subject taught in schools as well as the language sealing business deals and defining the internet usage in many more parts of the world. This rapidly emerging linguistic expansion raises the question as to how well English is established in foreign countries and whether it differs from British or American English.

From 2010 to 2011, I-Chung Ke and Hilda Cahyani, two researchers active in linguistic analysis,

35) concluded that the participating students developed an understanding for what it means to use English as a lingua franca; they learned that grammar, pronunciation and a perfect native English accent are not the most desired aspects of talking with foreigners but rather the conversation itself and the ability to express whatever the speaker wants to convey. The study not only analyzed how non-native English speaker make use of this foreign language but it also “contribute[d] to the understanding of the transforming process” (p. 35) from a non-native speaker to a speaker of English as a Lingua Franca.

Compared to the use of English in Europe, Asia shows several similarities to its neighbor continent. Both are primarily part of the progressively shifting and developing Expanding Circle, though some Asian countries, especially South- and South-East Asian ones like India, Malaysia and the Philippines, who are home to millions of L2 speakers of English, belong to the Outer Circle, while Europe consists amongst others of the country in which the English language originated. Both continents are linguistically rich; most of the countries showcase their own official languages differing from