The Future of English: Influenced by Non-Native Speakers
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Learning English now means having your own rights as a user of the language. The future of English will be shaped by non-native speakers, just as much as native speakers.
Language learners will encounter different variations of English and develop an understanding of international standards alongside their national norms.
In the near future, an international standard may become the foundation for English learners, with British, American, and other varieties seen as optional versions.
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So today, to have learned English means to have your own rights as one of the users of the language. And it is just as likely that the future course of English will be influenced by second or foreign language speakers of English as by native speakers.
Language learners will be facing these World Englishes, and they will develop a sense of international standards of English ―as well as their national norms of English, which are currently the focus of learning. It may not be many years, however, before an international standard becomes the starting-point for every learner of English, with British, American, and other varieties all seen as optional versions of English.
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What does “to have learned English” mean?
What will learners of English develop when they face World Englishes?
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What does “to have learned English” mean?
⇒ It means to have your own rights as one of the users of the language.
What will learners of English develop when they face World Englishes?
⇒ They will develop a sense of international standards of English.