why English is an official language.

1. A Presentation On
English As An Official Language
Course title
English for professional purposes

2. Prepared By:Mozahid Billah
ID No-UG07-26-12-011
Prepared For: Taslima Akter
Lecturer at
Department Of English Studies
STATE UNIVERSITY OF BANGLADESH

3. A language describes the culture it comes from."
“Noam Chomsky”
“Language is far more than a system to be explained. It is our
most important link to the world around us.
“Sandra Savignon”

4. What is the main reason that make English as
world language?
English dominates universal information resources and provides
the largest amount of data in printed and electronic materials.
Therefore, to take advantage of the broadest information
resources in many fields, namely science and technology English
is the only solution that we need to know and adopt as an official
language

5. Spread of English
Before the 18th century English was a minor language in the world.
But from the 18th century English become more popular because of
the colonization of British empire and started to be spared over the
world, and spoken natively by over billions of people.
English language used in the United States British colonization in the
17th century immigration of English speakers settling in the North
America Nowadays, about 2/3 of the world's English native speakers
living in the U.S.

6. Industrial Revolution
A Large scale of industrial
revolution carried out in Britain
then spread to the Western Europe,
Japan, Northern America and the
rest of the world
Britain started to rule over one-quarter
of the world’s population

7. In the 19th century...
The period of the greatest progress,
due to the new printing technology
and new methods of mass
production and transportation
Many countries started to use
English as an official language,
such as New Zealand, South Africa,
Australia, etc. (Jenkins, 2009)

8. In the 20th century...
A dramatic rise of USA as a world superpower
English has been further developed
into a world language alongside the
economic, technological and
cultural influence of USA.

9. In the 20th century..
The emergence of US Hollywood featured film, the
star system, the movie mogul and the grand studio
started to influence the social and cultural life.
Become the normal medium of instruction in higher
education for many countries – including several
where the language has no official status
The English teaching (ELT)
business has become one of the
major growth industry around the
world in the past 30 years (Crystal,
2004).

10. Now the question has came
Do you speak English???
English is spoken in over
forty countries as a first
language and in over fifty-five
countries as a second
language

11. English-speaking world
Approximately 430 million people speak English as
their first language. More than half of these (255 million)
live in the United States, followed by some 60 million in
the United Kingdom (Great Britain being the
language's historical homeland) the Republic of
Ireland(94%, 4.3 million), Australia (87%, 17
million),New Zealand (82%, 3.7 million
English is the third largest language by number of native
speakers, after Mandarin and Spanish.

12. 70%
19%
6%
5%
USA
UK
CANADA
AUSTRALIA
OTHER
Pie chart showing the relative proportions of native English
speakers in the major English-speaking countries of the world.

13. Why English Only?
There’s no question that unrestricted multilingualism is
inefficient and can prevent important interactions from taking
place and get in the way of achieving key goals.

14. What is an official language
An official language is a language that is given a special legal
status in a particular country, state, or other jurisdiction. Typically a
country's official language refers to the language used within
government (e.g., courts, parliament, administration). Since "the
means of expression of a people cannot be changed by any law",
the term "official language" does not typically refer to the language
used by a people or country, but by its government

15. Reasons
Why English as an official
language?

16. Globalization of tasks and resources.
Language differences can cause a bottleneck—a Tower of
Babel, as it were—when geographically dispersed peoples
have to work together to meet corporate goals. Without
common ground, communication will suffer. Better language
comprehension gives people more firsthand information,
which is vital to good relation making around the world.

17. Promotes literacy
Having an official language means that every person should be
capable of speaking fluently in the language and thus it helps
promote literacy. It is going to motivate the citizens to enhance
their knowledge of the official language since it is what they need
to use with regards to carrying out any official businesses. This
leads to a more literate and integrated nation.
Financial benefits
If you become adept in your official language, especially English, it
is highly likely that you are also going to benefit financially. Being
required to learn an official language could possible raise the
income of an immigrant by a huge margin. In fact, immigrants who
are fluent in English in America earn about 55% more than
American-born employees.

18. Educational success
Research clearly illustrates that the main educational challenge
for most people is language. High proficiency in an official
language is directly associated with educational success. If you
really want to succeed in your studies, then you ought to place
more emphasis on language. In addition, most exams are tested
using the official language.

19. "Language is the road map of a culture. It tells you
where its people come from and where they are going."
Rita Mae Brown (1944 )
US writer, playwright
"Language is a social gift. Learning a new language is
becoming a member of the club -- the community of
speakers of that language...You can't see other people's
point of view when you have only one language."

20. THANK YOU