LANGUAGE

Language is an arbitrary set of symbols, phonemes and gestures which follows sequential, structured and logical rules used in communication. In other words, language is organically dynamic sets of arbitrary symbols, phones (phonemes) and gestures used to communicate among humans and express thoughts. It is a system of words, symbols, sounds and gestures used to communicate among only humans to express thoughts in information transmission. There are more than six thousand (6000) different types of languages spoken worldwide. And each language is distinct and unique from one another. Language is human and it’s a characteristic of human. This means humans are the only creatures in this universe that use and create language whether spoken or written.

Animals (non-human beings) communicate amongst themselves but they don’t use language in the process of their communication. They mainly and merely innate sounds, gestures and timbre of whistles to communicate among groups of the same kind. Animals can adopt more than one mediums of communication among group of the same kind/species. But humans have the capabilities to adopt multiple media of communications among ourselves irrespectively of how different we are racially, geographically or culturally. A typical example is the use of English Language. English Language is the most popular language in the world used by more than two billion (2 billion) people across the globe. This means more than 30% of the world total population speak and use English Language. It is regarded as the modern international language of the world.

Imagine you’re from Angola [Portuguese is their official language] and you meet a woman (man) who is from Chile [Spanish is their official language]. Both of you don’t speak one common language (or one local dialect or one native language), but for the first time to make communication flow and to express your thoughts to each other, the two of you must understand and use a lingua franca (or a kind of interlanguage or a common language) to communicate whether spoken or written. And undoubtedly (as many researches have proven) the only lingua franca at that moment would be English Language. Virtually, every country tries to include learning and studying of English Language in their curriculum and syllabus and courses, whether at the Universities, secondary or primary education levels.

Many studies have shown that it is always English Language that majority of the people would use as lingua franca when they meet non-native speakers, and the first expression that begins their communication is ‘Hey or Hi’, whether online chatting or face to face. A typical example is the UN meetings/conferences, which involve many different countries with different languages but the dominant lingua franca is English. Majority of the international meetings, seminars and conferences are organized in English. Hence, it is an international language. It is the only medium of communication which is primarily taught and used in most schools across the globe than any other language.

According to (UKEhttps://www.ukessays.com/essays/english-language/the-importance-of-language-in-the-world-english-language-essay.php?vref=1ssays. November 2018. The Importance Of Language In The World English Language Essay. [online]. Available from: https://www.ukessays.com/essays/english-language/the-importance-of-language-in-the-world-english-language-essay.php?vref=1 [Accessed 2 May 2019].) ‘English has been the considered to be the first global Lingua Franca. In today’s modern world the English language has