The Impact of English on the Global Economy

Nonnative speakers face various challenges when they are competing in a global economy. It all depends at the level of proficiency in that global language. I recently went to visit my friend from Malaysia and his family. They all spoke English very well, they had Malaysian accents but they were completely fluent in English. In Southeast Asia knowing English is very important since those areas of the world are very competitive industrial countries. Those who don’t speak English, being one of the global languages are cut off from a large number of opportunities for that reason. Most of the industrial nations such as China and India are making the English language more important in their classrooms. They are clearly not doing it for the love of our country, they are doing it for the financial impact it will have on their country and future.
As of right now, the United States is borrowing money from China, Japan and India at an accelerated rate increasing the national debt to billions of dollars. If we keep borrowing money from them, it seems like they will own us. China once had the strongest economy and now India is passing them up. The English language seems have to become a form of money now. It is more like a certification as a means to earn more money, and become more powerful for those who are in these other countries.
As of right now, the challenges of the non native speakers seem to be pretty simple; you either learn it of you don’t. Knowing it will not guarantee success, but it will help. For some non native speakers, they may feel that they are being forced to learn the language, and they are right. They may be in a situation where they need to learn it to survive, whether that is fair or not, they feel they have no choice.
I myself have considered learning Mandarin, so that I can work with the Chinese. This would open many doors for me and I also would find it interesting to learn their language, visit and explore their culture and way of life.
Those cultures that do not seem to value money and are not as developed as China and India probably won’t make learning English a priority. If they are content with their way of life and are not interested in expanding and growing economically, then they have no incentive to learn a language that everyone else is trying to learn. Some countries may be doing just fine with their own language and do not need to learn to speak English.
As globalization increases, more and more people will speak the main languages. Because the United States is importing so many goods from China, Japan, and India, this provides a huge incentive for them to learn our language. If this continues then more and more people will learn to speak English.
There are even some people in this world that hate the United States and want to destroy it and may want to learn English to help them do so.
There are so many different outcomes this presents, positive and negative.

Charged Language

                Who wants everything to be plain and mundane with no excitement or twists whatsoever?  This sounds pretty boring, uneventful and predictable to me.  That is why we have to spice things up a bit, especially in our language.  It’s like when they say it’s not what you say; it’s how you say it.  I remember when I saw the move The Pursuit of Happyness, there was a scene where the father and his son had to spend the night in a subway station bathroom.  But instead of making it a negative thing the father turned it into an adventure for his son.  The way we describe things definitely does affect how people react to the information we give them and how they perceive us.  Charged language can create misunderstandings as well and hurt other’s feelings if we were to come off the wrong way.  Uncharged language does provide us a safe way to express our feelings and what we are trying to communicate but it does not give us the big picture, or the reality of what we are truly getting into.

                I have been working for the bank for several years and I have noticed the use of charged language every day.  We use it every day to motivate ourselves and others to do what we need them to do.  We have a wide range of responsibilities from sales goals to operational policies that must be followed and met.  In order to motivate people to get the job done we have numerous emails, meetings, and events to get the point across.  Without the use of charged language there would be no change that we would be able to meet our objectives and goals and would end up in a potentially bad situation. 

                I’ll never forget that scene in the movie The Pursuit of Happyness because it was a dark moment in that father’s life because he had reached the day where he was unable to put a roof over his son’s head for one night in his life.  This was tough for him to swallow as it would be for anyone but he didn’t want his son to see the defeat that he felt.  He chose to use some charged language to get his son’s attention away from the fact that they were going to sleep in the bathroom by playing an imaginary game with his son.  He had to use a lot of charged words and language to get his son to play along and forget all about where they were going to be spending the night.

                Charged language does have its downfalls because it can create numerous misunderstandings and confusion if it is taken the wrong way.  We could go through life not using this type of language and keeping everything plain.  We also good not put any toppings on our pizza, never move, never travel, never take any risks, never fall in love, and keep everything nice and safe.  But no one wants that even if they say they do.  To get the true experience and meaning of whatever we are doing in life, we will need to use charged language to describe and to sell it to whomever we are explaining it to.

Charged Language

                Who wants everything to be plain and mundane with no excitement or twists whatsoever?  This sounds pretty boring, uneventful and predictable to me.  That is why we have to spice things up a bit, especially in our language.  It’s like when they say it’s not what you say; it’s how you say it.  I remember when I saw the move The Pursuit of Happyness, there was a scene where the father and his son had to spend the night in a subway station bathroom.  But instead of making it a negative thing the father turned it into an adventure for his son.  The way we describe things definitely does affect how people react to the information we give them and how they perceive us.  Charged language can create misunderstandings as well and hurt other’s feelings if we were to come off the wrong way.  Uncharged language does provide us a safe way to express our feelings and what we are trying to communicate but it does not give us the big picture, or the reality of what we are truly getting into.

                I have been working for the bank for several years and I have noticed the use of charged language every day.  We use it every day to motivate ourselves and others to do what we need them to do.  We have a wide range of responsibilities from sales goals to operational policies that must be followed and met.  In order to motivate people to get the job done we have numerous emails, meetings, and events to get the point across.  Without the use of charged language there would be no change that we would be able to meet our objectives and goals and would end up in a potentially bad situation. 

                I’ll never forget that scene in the movie The Pursuit of Happyness because it was a dark moment in that father’s life because he had reached the day where he was unable to put a roof over his son’s head for one night in his life.  This was tough for him to swallow as it would be for anyone but he didn’t want his son to see the defeat that he felt.  He chose to use some charged language to get his son’s attention away from the fact that they were going to sleep in the bathroom by playing an imaginary game with his son.  He had to use a lot of charged words and language to get his son to play along and forget all about where they were going to be spending the night.

                Charged language does have its downfalls because it can create numerous misunderstandings and confusion if it is taken the wrong way.  We could go through life not using this type of language and keeping everything plain.  We also good not put any toppings on our pizza, never move, never travel, never take any risks, never fall in love, and keep everything nice and safe.  But no one wants that even if they say they do.  To get the true experience and meaning of whatever we are doing in life, we will need to use charged language to describe and to sell it to whomever we are explaining it to.