Evaluate Brown’s viewpoint on global English, and explain whether you agree or disagree with it, and why.

 

Gordon Brown, Prime Minister of Britain (2007-2010), stated in one of his speeches that, “The English language has spread to every corner of the globe. Today more than one billion people speak English. It is becoming a world language, the pathway of global communication and global access to knowledge. It has become the vehicle for hundreds of millions of people of all countries to connect with each other, in countless ways. Indeed, English is much more than a language: it is a bridge across borders and cultures, a source of unity in a rapidly changing world” (2008). 

The viewpoint of Gordon's Brown regarding global English is true to a great extent as The English language today has become a key for world communication and a tool for connecting people all over the world.

The English language today has become a tool for global communication and access to global knowledge. English as a language has become a worldwide language for many reasons as it has the political and military power that arouses from the countries speaking it as their mother language throughout history such as England and the USA. The colonial policies Great Britain had forced colonies all over the world to use the language such as India as an example. English is also having an economic impact as it has been used as the language for commercial communication and business deals all over the world and as Britain and the USA have strong economic powers, English is widely used as a financial tool of giant international companies and brands and it can be clearly seen that English is the formal language of commercials and advertisements.  

I agree with the words of Gordon Brown, Prime Minister of Britain because of many reasons. English today is the main language used by the youth on the internet for communicating with others from different social media sites and applications; it is the gate for making profits and having good jobs. It is the leading used language in world's famous great universities and institutions and it is the foreign language that is most common and preferred in schools and universities in different countries all over the world. English language is the key to be international as actors and actresses, writers and authors and other artists become international when they make artistic works in English or when their works are translated into English which enables people from any country all over the world speaking any mother language to recognize their works via English.

In conclusion, English is an important language that had its position into history and has been developing this position by entering the new era strongly and is still having its great impact on people all over the world.