Linguistic Imperialism

Linguistic imperialism, as we can notice nowadays, is affecting most of the countries of the world in many aspects. First of all we can see in education, as an example, how English has become the most powerful language of the world. In the society that we live, English is the most spoken language of the planet, which results in the fact that speaking English has to be a common thing for every single country, and that besides of that all the countries are being forced to learn English, just so that the countries can be part of the international relationships and agreements. What this fact means, is that speaking English, or the fact of being born in a country that has English as the mother tongue, will already give a person more chances to be more successful than a person that does not speak English. Because of this we can say that there are many countries that have so much knowledge that other countries do not have, and that those countries are not receiving recognition just because of the fact that they do not have English as their mother tongue, or they do not even speak English.

 An example that proves this idea is the fact that in all the countries of the world, individuals have to have a certain level of English skills to get a job. Besides of that when it comes to media and internet, most of the media is in English, and all the world accepts it. We cannot blame on any English speaker native country for this fact, but what we could do is to consider if accepting this fact will benefit us.

My conclusion is that nowadays the English has such a power that can dominate the whole world, since its influence reaches every part of the world. Besides of that it is important to also mention that the rest of the countries that do not have English as mother tongue have to do something about it not fearing to reject being part of the empire that this language has built in such a short period of time.