Comments on: Why English Is The Universal Language https://foxnomad.com/2009/05/28/why-english-is-the-universal-language/ tech and tips to help you travel smarter Mon, 08 Dec 2014 15:20:57 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.3 By: Anil Polat https://foxnomad.com/2009/05/28/why-english-is-the-universal-language/#comment-293218 Fri, 16 Nov 2012 17:13:15 +0000 http://www.foxnomad.com/?p=3450#comment-293218 In reply to anjali.

I can’t say I’ve ever looked at it that way…

]]> By: anjali https://foxnomad.com/2009/05/28/why-english-is-the-universal-language/#comment-292979 Fri, 16 Nov 2012 01:14:48 +0000 http://www.foxnomad.com/?p=3450#comment-292979 English is like a huge empire of a great emperor.We can conquer more knowledge in order to strengthen our empire.LUV U ENGLISH………

]]> By: Anil Polat https://foxnomad.com/2009/05/28/why-english-is-the-universal-language/#comment-275598 Wed, 05 Sep 2012 01:15:49 +0000 http://www.foxnomad.com/?p=3450#comment-275598 In reply to Chris Phillips.

I don’t think so mostly because the time has passed, it will be hard for another language to gain the foothold English has. Though as for difficulty, another language is only as hard to learn as it is different from your mother tongue, no?

]]> By: Chris Phillips https://foxnomad.com/2009/05/28/why-english-is-the-universal-language/#comment-275554 Tue, 04 Sep 2012 17:33:53 +0000 http://www.foxnomad.com/?p=3450#comment-275554 The Chinese language is very difficult to learn. Also, due to history and politics, the Chinese language is not popular even with nations that border China, e.g., Vietnam, India and Russia. As for the Spanish language, it can never be global because extremely few people in Africa or Asia can speak Spanish. Even in Europe, Spanish is not a popular language to learn.

]]> By: Chris Phillips https://foxnomad.com/2009/05/28/why-english-is-the-universal-language/#comment-275552 Tue, 04 Sep 2012 17:28:40 +0000 http://www.foxnomad.com/?p=3450#comment-275552 As an international language teacher, I can safely say that the Chinese language will never become popular due to politics and also the difficulty of learning Chinese. As for Spanish being a candidate to take over for English as a global language, forget it. There are, for example, 4 billion Asians. Roughly 10% of all Asians can speak English. Only about .01% can speak Spanish. Spanish is also useless in Africa and even in Europe.

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