A global language is a language that has developed a special role, is recognised and is used to communicate among people; it also has to be taken up by other countries around the world. The driving forces that help a language such as English to become a global language since the 19th century are due to the power of its people, economics power and military base in England and USA. Having a global language brings many benefits to society. Though, as evident in the article, global language can also raise many issues. An example is instead of promoting world peace; it can create tension between countries as people fight with one another to have their language remain the global language (Moore, 2010).
An issue that the article raises is that the language that is recognised as a global language might not hold its global status forever. This is evident when country such as Algeria has now replaced French for English as the chief foreign language in its schools, since 1996 (Crystal, 2003). The replacement of a former global language in countries can lead to conflicts between countries and people fighting with one another to have their language to have some form of recognition worldwide. An example of conflict is the Spanish civil war and the Vietnam civil war. Another example of conflict is in the article, where Chris Bryant described the French language as "useless” these days. Amid Tory then protests that what Chris Bryant said was "insulting” to France (Moore, 2010).
The increase of globalisation is also another factor that promotes the recognition of a global language. However, in order for the language of that country to be use and taken up by others, its country must play a major role in influencing the economy worldwide. (Crystal, 2003) states that this could lead to a loss of heritage and culture as people from less dominant countries have come to adopt another country’s culture and language. Statistic shows that ‘at least 50 percent of 6000 languages will be...