The Impact of English A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z.

The Impact of EnglishThe Impact of English

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The Impact of English on The Impact of English on Cross-Cultural Cross-Cultural UnderstandingUnderstanding

A language has two principle A language has two principle functions:functions:

1.1. Documenting the history of a nationDocumenting the history of a nation

2.2. Making it possible for people to Making it possible for people to communicate. communicate.

The Impact of English The Impact of English

It is a primary tool for communication, It is a primary tool for communication, involving feelings, ideas and involving feelings, ideas and information.information.

1.1. The InternetThe Internet

2.2. Business and TravelBusiness and Travel

3.3. ResearchResearch


Presently, English is spoken in Presently, English is spoken in Western countries, which are the Western countries, which are the most advanced nations in human most advanced nations in human history and their achievements have history and their achievements have impacted almost every single person impacted almost every single person in the world.in the world.


English is also the international language English is also the international language

that is spoken by people of different that is spoken by people of different

nationalities and languages. It is the nationalities and languages. It is the

reference language for almost every reference language for almost every

scientific, literary and philosophical scientific, literary and philosophical

modern terminology.modern terminology.

The Impact of English

Such as:

1.Technical language, (Computers, Web-sites)

2.Medical terms (antibiotics, Cardiovascular)

3.Worldviews, (capitalism, Socialism)

4.Science (Sociology, Biology)


Almost everyone has an English dictionary because it provides an exact concept and meaning of a confusing word or phrase. In this way, it solves vocabulary problems convincingly and thoroughly.


Therefore, English-speaking nations provide the entire

world with words and terms that express specific

meanings of ideas, thoughts, acts, and events.

Consequently, these nations affect the trends that the

entire world uses according to their own understanding.


A language helps define a persons style of expression and

can also describe his status. In other words, a language

describes a person's ethnicity, education, intelligence, and

socio-economic situation. A language also determines a

particular meaning to a person according to his or her

quality of language.


In a nutshell, the English language includes the culture

of the most advanced nations. Those who don't have a

good knowledge of English, regardless of their

profession would be at a disadvantage. They would

find it difficult to express their ideas meaningfully, and

as a result, they are most likely to be misunderstood.


English is also necessary in English is also necessary in education especially for students education especially for students who want to study abroad in English who want to study abroad in English speaking countries. Look at this speaking countries. Look at this example: example:


Once there was a very smart student from Once there was a very smart student from South Korea. She was admitted to a South Korea. She was admitted to a Ph.D. program in a business college. She Ph.D. program in a business college. She did extremely well on her math portion but did extremely well on her math portion but not so well on the verbal portion. So, she not so well on the verbal portion. So, she had to return home after the first had to return home after the first semester, because she did not have the semester, because she did not have the language skills to pass her courses. language skills to pass her courses.


Indeed, knowing the English Indeed, knowing the English

language makes a big difference in language makes a big difference in

education and in the cross-cultural education and in the cross-cultural

understanding understanding of the world in which of the world in which

we live.we live.

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