.Tuesday, July 20, 2010 ' 7:56 AM Y
English is one of a well known language in the world. It is being used as an official
language in administration in the world now. More and more countries are now picking
up english so as to catch up with the modern world. Countries like China and Malaysia.
In Singapore, english is used as an official language in terms of adminstration and the
people here are speaking more english. This could be the fact that Singapore was once
under the British rule and that is the reason why Singapore has adapted the english
language. In a multi racial country like Singapore, english is the language that allows
all races to communicate together. To fail english language in the Ordinary Level
Examinations, candidates will suffer from getting into the next level in education.
Junior Colleges and most of the Polytechnic course requires at least a pass in english.
In these way, we can see that english is so vital and important in Singapore.
In a few years time, english may lose it's vital position of being world's official
language. That is due to China's continuous improvement in economy. When China take over
United States gain the big powers of the world, the whole world will be affected. In
this way, China will be using their own national language to communicate to the word,
In terms of economic uses, trade, and other uses. If this really happens, the whole
world might be considering learning another language, chinese. However we must be aware
that we are currently adapted to the english language for world's official language.
All of a sudden to adapt the chinese language, countries around the world may not keep
up with the pace. It is a good issue that the people of China are now learning Chinese.
China will be asking a minimum of 60 percent of shop assistants, receptionists and
hairdressers under 40, 80 percent of police officers and every civil servant under the
age of 40 with a bachelor's degree to learn english. In this way, they are keeping up
to the modern world.
My conclusion is that the world have been adapting to english language as the world's
official language, it is possible for the world to adapt another language but will not
be successful in a short timing. I believe if english were to be kept as official language
of the world, there will not be any problems in communication.
Overall, english is a very important language. Currently as the official language of the
world, we must continue to improve our english so as to better communicate with people
around the world.
Er Chin
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