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Universal Language: English

English is our universal language. It is the uniting language. Many told that without English language no unity for all nations. So in the Philippines, English is on one of the main subjects in schools. In some required the use of English language inside their campuses.

          The Americans were the first to introduce to us about English. They became teachers of our ancestors they taught to them about the alphabet and some words. I can say that our ancestors are much better in speaking English compared to us in this century.  Now the youths were problematic about speaking English. They were ashamed because they cannot straighten their speaking skill in English.

Modern English, sometimes described as the first global lingua franca, is the dominant language or in some instances even the required international language of communications, science, information technology, business, seafaring, aviation, entertainment, radio, and diplomacy. Its spread beyond the British Isles began with the growth of the British Empire, and by the late 19th century its reach was global. Following British colonisation from the 16th to 19th centuries, it became the dominant language in the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. The growing economic and cultural influence of the US and its status as a global superpower since World War II have significantly accelerated the spread of the language across the planet.^[21]English replaced German as the dominant language of science-related Nobel Prize laureates during the second half of the 20th century. English equalled and may have surpassed French as the dominant language of diplomacy during the second half of the 19th century.

A working knowledge of English has become a requirement in a number of fields, occupations and professions such as medicine and computing; as a consequence, more than a billion people speak English to at least a basic level (see English as a second or foreign language). It is one of six official languages of the United Nations.

One impact of the growth of English is the reduction of native linguistic diversity in many parts of the world. The influence of English continues to play an important role in language attrition.Conversely, the natural internal variety of English along with creoles and pidgins have the potential to produce new distinct languages from English over time.