雅思范文: 英文为世界语言
(prepared by: alexcwlin; edited by: Adam Lam)
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It is good to have English as a global language. Do you agree or disagree with this statement? Explain your reasons and include relevant examples from your own experience. 

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English has now been learned and spoken by a large number of people worldwide. In my opinion, it is beneficial to have English as a global lingua franca.
b. 
English is learned and spoken by a large number of people worldwide.

In my opinion, it is beneficial to have English as a global lingua franca.
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a.  
Admittedly, it is somehow detrimental to language diversity when most people all around the world just use one language to communicate with each other. The disappearance of some minority languages is a good example to show the adverse influence. However, this cannot only be attributed to English. Instead, it is the resultant interaction of many factors. In fact, using English as a global language is advantageous for further development of world.

b. 
Admittedly, it is somehow detrimental to language diversity when most people all around the world just use one language to communicate with one another. The disappearance of some minority languages is a good example. However, adoption of English as a common language should not be blamed as the sole cause of their demise. There are many other reasons, such as colonization of cultures, catastrophic natural disasters, and genocides.

In fact, using English as a global language is good for advancement of civilization.
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a. 
The reason why English can function as a global language is its political dominance. (it is not political reason discussed next and it may cause conflicts) English is the official language of more than 40 countries and the mother tongue of the people from over 10 countries including some developed countries like Britain and the US, which play a vital role in economic area. Therefore, English can not only function as other lingua franca to make communication possible between people who do not share a native language or dialect, but also boost the smooth running of international trade. 
b. 
A reason why English is functioning as a global language is the political dominance of the British Empire in the old days.

Today English is the official language of more than 40 countries and the mother tongue of over 10 nations including the two economic powerhouses Britain and USA. Therefore, having English as lingua franca, in addition to facilitating communication between people with different linguistic backgrounds, is also essential in conducting international trade.
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a. 
In addition, compared with other languages, it is easier for people to learn English. This is because, firstly, the pronunciations of vocabulary are more easy to master. Unlike French or Russian, there is no uvular consonant or alveolar consonant in English, And the grammatical rules are less and more simple in English. Both of them reduce the learning difficulty to a certain degree for most people whose mother tongue is not English.
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Practically English appears to be the easiest language in the world to learn. For example, pronunciation of vocabularies is easier to master. Unlike French or Russian, there is no uvular consonant or alveolar consonant in English. Comparatively grammatical rules are fewer and simpler in English than other languages. Both of them reduce learning difficulties to a certain degree for most people whose mother tongue is not English.  Also, most of the popular books, articles, speeches, movies, and television showsare in English which makes learning easy.
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a. 
In conclusion, although the use of English as a world language may reduce language diversity to some extent, its politic dominance guarantees humans further development while its relative simplicity guarantees its easy accessibility. Therefore, it is conducive to use it as a world language.
b. 
In conclusion, although the use of English as a world language can reduce language diversity to some extent, yet its uses by politically dominating countries and popular literature/entertainment media establish its rightful place of supremacy.
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