Assignment English as a Lingua France

Running head: ENGLISH LINGUA FRANCA 1
English Dominance
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Introduction
English was termed as the Lingua France in 1966. The English language has dominated
today and it remains to be the international Lingua Franca. This dominance of English in the
world has created a controversy in certain circles. For instance, some people from France dislike
the increasing popularity of the English language in Europe. This is due to the fact that French
was formerly useful and preferred language of diplomacy in the international exchange. Learned
people in Europe, America, Asia, Africa and those from the Middle East were proud of
conversing in French. This has much reduced in today’s world. In today’s world, English has
ruled and it still has a future as it is widespread as seen in all sectors including trade,
international partnership, trade, and it seems to be the main developing political agenda in the
English speaking countries (Jenkins, 2015).
The Future English
Although there have been several languages as well as English that has ever served as
lingua Franca at the various period in history and they continue to do so, English is the most
globally spread Lingua Franca that has ever been experienced and with as numerous speakers
making it’s the hitherto English Lingua Franca (ELF). In the English language, Tom Mc Author
published a more synchronic perspective towards the monolithic notion of English languages
(Christiansen, 2015).
McAuthor focused on the variations that are encountered in English as a result of global
spread. He then suggested that the English language is undergoing a radical process while
changing into the fragmentation of family languages and this can lead to it ruling the world in the
future. In the year 2010, Pennycook pointed out that the future of English in twenty years to

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come, the unpredictable developments such as politics will play a major role in determining its
state as the Lingua Franca. An example is when the United Kingdom (UK) conducted a
referendum on whether it should remove its self or continue remaining in the European Union,
this uncertain the future role of English (Modiano, 2017). Other languages have been suggested
to be the most probable to replace English in the near future. These languages include Arabic,
Spanish, French, and Mandarin Chinese. There is a lot of investment of money and time in
learning English by several people in the different parts of the world, including mother-tongue
speakers of the above four languages who learn it as an additional or their second language
(McArthur, Lam-McArthur, & Fontaine, 2018).
Currently, the English language has dominated so many sectors in society such as games,
educations, politics, trade, and several cultural and economic influencing activities (Mauranen,
2015). In England, the football premier league is the most popular and the strongest among the
other famous football leagues nowadays in the world. The league is composed of so many
players from different parts of the world; as these players go there to play for pay, they have to
learn English so that to interact with their fellow players and other football fans and people
surrounding them. This can be a significant indication that English is going to be the still global
Lingua Franca in the next twenty years (Lacey, 2015).
Britain was the strongest colonizer, which was able to colonize several territories in the
world including America, Indians and a large part of the Africana continent. After colonization,
almost all the countries that were colonized Britain chose the English language as their second
language. Several British colonies in Africa, like Kenya has several smaller tribes that converse
in different local languages. A country like Kenya which was a British colony chose learn and
use English as their second language after independence in order to enable peace and to