English as the grobal lunguage

india

My Indian Colleague also sometimes refer the BBC English Learning website.
he told me this journal.


Here are the discussion topics.


Discussion Questions
1. What age do you think children should start learning English?
2. Will more technology help you to learn languages more effectively?
3. Will everyone in the world speak English soon?



Let's take a look at some opinions of the neighbor countries.

Yoon soo, South Korea
My thinking for number 3
is that in future everyone will ba able to speak English for their second language.
I think, the global language can be changed.
it can be chinese, because the population of china is enormous,
and it can be Spanish,
because there are many countries are using Spanish.
But we don't know what will be happening in future,
however English is the most important language to live in 20th century.
Most people have their own jobs,
and if you learn English it would be helpful.



Eric, China
1) In my opinion,
different children, different ages.
But the sooner, the better.
In addition, it depends on the English environment you create for them.
In China, English is so popuplar that most children begin to learn English at their early ages,
about when they can speak.
However, as they grow up day by day, they lose their interests in English, for it becomes more and more difficult.
In the end, theu even give it up.
therefore, we are poor at listening and speaking.
2) Yes, I think so. Because we lack an english environment here.
we can learn it by listening to MP3 or BBC news on the internet, which can improve your Englsih rapidly
with the help of high technology.
3) No, it's impossible for everybody to speak English soon,
there are so many poor people in the developing countries
who can not go to school.
Maybe in future, it will.



Fun kui, China
1- As soon as possible, because is not only a language, but also is a way of survival around the world.
2-yes, it is obvius,
technology helps you, and provides many information easier than before,
and you have several opportunities for exchanging kowlegde.
3- I don't think so.
It will always be people who don't know English despite development in communication.


they all admit the importance of english ability.
They have done or will do or will make their children learn english.
we can say, their opinions show a port of future what we will be. how the language will be changed.
they give us the guideline to live in 21st century.

hoo..