What do you think about the following, the anglicization of the world and non-native English-speaking tourists complaining that a country doesn’t have enough English speakers?

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I think we should look at this from a practical perspective. Since it is the most widely spoken language, English should be promoted more and more for homogeneity and making life easier for people across the globe. Learning English doesn't mean forsaking your regional culture or language, it simply means...
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I think we should look at this from a practical perspective. Since it is the most widely spoken language, English should be promoted more and more for homogeneity and making life easier for people across the globe. Learning English doesn't mean forsaking your regional culture or language, it simply means finding a common tongue to communicate with people from different parts of the world. The word 'Anglicization' sounds political and should be avoided. Instead, the benefits of learning a universal language should be enjoyed. read less
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Dear Harsha. LISTENING is the key. It gets your brain to pick up tones and pronunciations faster and along with reading skills and speaking out words and sentences, success is guaranteed. Just Don't Give up. Far too many people expect to speak fluently in a couple of months without learning the basics....
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Dear Harsha. LISTENING is the key. It gets your brain to pick up tones and pronunciations faster and along with reading skills and speaking out words and sentences, success is guaranteed. Just Don't Give up. Far too many people expect to speak fluently in a couple of months without learning the basics. So..here is something to start you off with: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-R3nVXSZM4 Also develop a ear for English songs and watch English serials : those are the fun ways and learning doesn't have to be boring . All the best ! read less
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It's a big world and I wouldn't take it to heart, as they are just that a tourist in a foreign country and if well educated realize that language depends on the region where you are at. And if they truly investigate corporate structures in the country they would find English used among the top executives....
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It's a big world and I wouldn't take it to heart, as they are just that a tourist in a foreign country and if well educated realize that language depends on the region where you are at. And if they truly investigate corporate structures in the country they would find English used among the top executives. "Limited frame of reference,\' read less
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IN REGARDS TO TOURIST, TOURS AND TRAVELS AND GUIDE ENGLISH IS A MUST FOR EG HINDI IS OUR NATIONAL LANGUAGE SAME WAY ENGLISH IS AN INTERNATIONAL LANGUAGE SPOKEN WORLD WIDE
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It's quite essential that when the language English is accepted as universal language then surely we got encourage people to learn at least to fill the gap instead of the a vacuumed atmosphere...this helps a lot in globalisation..
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Due to the mass media and technology assisted education corners of the world have come together. In this environment the concept of spread of English language won't be eccentric as it has arbitrary nucleus of growth. Today such questions seem to be irrelevant. However on the other hand speaker of second...
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Due to the mass media and technology assisted education corners of the world have come together. In this environment the concept of spread of English language won't be eccentric as it has arbitrary nucleus of growth. Today such questions seem to be irrelevant. However on the other hand speaker of second language have grown in good ratio and proportion thus catering the needs of day-to-day language usages. Over and above one must not forget that that's the foreign language running parallel to others like French Spanish .etc. Thanks for asking question. Happy reading! read less
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