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1、均是精品，欢迎下载学习！！！‘ENGLISHASAWINDOWOFTHEMODERNWORLD’*T.Pushpanathan*Ph.D.,ResearchScholar(English),ResearchandDevelopmentCentre,BharathiarUniversity,Coimbatore.AbstractThispaperbringstolightthepresentscenarioofEnglishlanguagelearningprocessasmothertongueandsecond/foreignlanguageacrosstheglobe.I
2、tanalysesonhowEnglishhasbecomeanintegralcomponentinthecountrieslikeChinaandIndiaandfocusesonEnglishasalinguafrancaofglobalcommerce,internationalrelationsandthescientificandtechnology.ItalsopresentstheroleofEnglishasarepresentativeofG7,BRICandASEANcountries,itspresenceinthedepartmentofscienc
3、eandtechnologyandwhatnot.Keywords:Englishlanguage,linguafranca,nativespeakers.IntroductionEnglishlanguagelearningaroundtheworldisevolvinginsurprisingandsometimesalarmingways.Afewdecadesago,thelanguagelearningprocesswaseithermoderatedbynativespeakers(NS)ofEnglishorproactivelyinitiatedbysecon
4、dlanguagelearnerswhotraveltoEnglish-speakingcountriestostudyandbecomeproficientinthelanguage.Inmanylanguageencounters,Englishtranslatorswerealsoinhighdemandtofacilitateaclearercommunicationbetweenpeoplesofdiverselinguistictraditions.ThisisnottosaythatformalEnglishlanguageteachersandtranslat
5、orshavebecomerelicsbelongingtoabygoneera.Onthecontrary,theirfunctionisstillverymuchrelevant,buttheirrolesarechangingdramatically.Foronething,thenumberoflanguagestudentsleavingtheirhomenationstostudyEnglishabroadisinarathersteepdeclineaccordingtothemostrecentreports.ThatisbecauseEnglishlangu
6、agelearninghasalreadybecomeacriticalstrategicpolicyamongnon-EnglishspeakingnationsthathavewiselyinstitutionalizedthelearningofEnglishinthehomefront.GiventheundeniableroleofEnglishasthelanguageofchoiceinglobalbusiness,theInternet,andinternationalrelations,notdoingsowillpreventthesenationsfro
7、mhavinganymeaningfulparticipationinglobaldiscourses.5EnglishintheAsianContinentInmuchofAsia,includingChinaandIndia--twoofitsdemographicandeconomicgiants--thelearningofEnglishhasbecomeanintegralcomponentofearlyeducation.Meanwhile,giventheirheritageofBriti
