The English language has become more and more widely used.As people know,English as a global language have big influence in the world.Many countries use it as the primary language of business,navigation science and technology.And it also have a huge number of speakers,David crystal said ‘the number of English speakers is one billion and more than 450 million people regard English as their first language(ESL)’(Crystal,2001).English is not only a simple language but also a social language.And in this article,we will analysis why English has become a global language and have a brief view of English in future.In the scope of the world,many scholars have been studying and researching this topic,we also will pay attention on the influence of English in Asia,especially in China.

2. Why English is a Global Language
English becomes an international language due to three causes. The first is because of historical power. A language is established as a global language due to political superiority, particularly the military force of those speaking it. Latin was once made an international language by the prevailing Roman Empire. However, as the Roman Empire fell down, Latin was no longer glamorous yet on account of Roman Catholic Church, it still had influence for more than one millennium. Presently Latin is diminished to a language for academic research and ecclesiastic study. Portuguese used to be a global language talked in South America, Africa and the Middle East because of