As earlier stated, over the years people have become intact with technology thus society adapted to technology in their lives, making their lives easier. “Our use of the Net will only grow, and its impact on us will only strengthen, as it becomes even more present in our lives.” (92) The
Lalvani states that “the spread of the English language allowed communication between people from different backgrounds who previously could not communicate” which was important for the unification of the country. Those different groups, however, were the British and Indians, not people in India. For example, they wanted to “form a class who may be interpreters between us and the millions whom we govern (Doc. 10).” Their intent of spreading English was not to help unify Indians, but to cause them to think, act, and believe what they do, helping them stay in power. To illustrate this point further, the British say they wanted their interpreters to be “Indians in blood and colour, but English in taste, in opinions, in morals and in intellect (Doc. 10).”
“The Internet, an immeasurably powerful computing system, is subsuming most of our other intellectual technologies. It’s becoming our map and our clock, our printing press and our typewriter, our calculator and our telephone, and our radio and TV” (Car). Still the internet isn’t becoming everything. The internet doesn’t give us access to print out our clothing or our food and beverages. We physically have to go out and get it ourselves, or order these online through the Internet.
This rapidly changing, growing technology affects how information spreads, becomes difficult to control and allows for an ease of access to information and ability to learn which can lead to unpredictable changes within society, pushing up against tradition and the old ways of living
Developing countries getting the internet is not hard but the situation is not like Friedman describes, “Every color of the rainbow will be able to enter the workforce… they’re hungry for your jobs”, It’s overly exaggerated. In order for Friedman’s vision to come true, many things have to happen first. For instance, how to get the internet cheaply available for the masses, what languages the schools have to teach children growing up in their native country, how oversea income is cooperating with native governments,
Although most firms now conduct business in English, they still speak their native language within the country. Many of these firms learn just enough to be able to conduct business transactions because the nonnative English speakers find that it is difficult to learn the entire language when their native language has different values and meaning to the same word. Indian English for example, is difficult to learn for non-Indians because of the differences in sentence structure, indirect style, and accents and pronunciations. This is similar to the example in McWhorter’s article that explains how words and phrases are developed as people pick up habits and create buzzwords. These new simplified versions of vocabulary and grammar become streamlined as future generations of children are taught in schools and influenced by the media.
Though technology has opened up many doors for societal advancements, it has become too integrated into daily life. We are too dependent on the media, technological devices and social networks for functionality. Furthermore, the majority of our lives are online, news resources that are commonly or even exclusively referred to shape what we think is significant and even schools are transforming into technology based institutions. This new found dependence is both dangerous and restricting to society as far as growth and success.
The advancement of technology and information has taken place in many countries. The Advancement of communication technology with the more extensive network of television, radio, and the Internet spread in different countries with different cultures create a society in a country can easily get information from countries around the world. This has led globalization. Globalization is the process whereby individual lives and local communities are affected by economic and cultural forces that operate world-wide (Ashcroft, Griffiths, & Tiffin, 2000). Opportunities
The proliferation of new technologies, the inevitable lag in developing policies surrounding them, plus the diversity of cultures and levels of development highlights the complexity of finding solutions. On the positive side, it is equally important to develop and publicise culturally, linguistically, age relevant content to make it attractive and readily accessible. So, to overcome or address these gaps, we are of the opinion is as below.
Many countries and societies in the World have reaped the benefits of the advancements in the digital age. “However, in some totalitarian regimes, technology has often been perceived as a formidable opponent in the struggle to maintain the status quo. The intended benefits for new technologies are often met with unforeseen consequences” (Leberknight, 2010). According to the 2010 Chinese government white paper – The Internet in China, “The Internet is seen as indispensible for education, poverty alleviation, and the efficient conveyance of government information and services to the public.
Connectivity in developing countries enables people to participate in the digital economy thus stimulate the ecnomic impact and also enabling the transition to knowledge-based economies. The improvements in broadband infrastructure devices and general connectivity spillover to the other part of the economy and hence activating economic
I. INTRODUCTION a. BACKGROUND: Globalization is a process of interaction and integration among the people, companies, and governments of different countries, a procedure compelled by international trade and investment, and supported by information technology. Furthermore, this process has an effect on various other systems such as on the environment, culture, political systems, economic development and prosperity and lastly, on human physical well-being in societies around the world. “Since 1950, for example, the volume of world trade has increased by 20 times, and from just 1997 to 1999 flows of foreign investment nearly doubled, from $468 billion to $827 billion” (York, 2016). Technology has been another primary driver of globalization,
The Indian English poetry began far back before the independence. The credit of introducing Indians to English goes to Lord Macaulay. The Indian value of cultural assimilation was applied to English language. With English education, Indians befriended English making it a language of their intellectual as well as emotional make - up. Naidu, in order to counter the western influence, prompted the native Indian colors and folk culture in her poetry.
Introduction Business communication is a process where both the employer and the employees in a company share and exchange information. Be it the corporate world or the education arena, priority is given to ‘speaking’ correct English. People in these fields have understood that communication skills mean speaking skills. Most people think that writing skills are not essential for effective communication. But that is not the truth.
English as a global language We can’t deny that English has become an international language for communication between all mankind , it is the common language between most of the countries , English is a global language which is spoken as a native language and a second language in most of the countries , and we noticed that people who use English as a second language are way more than people who speak it as a native language , it is taught in every country in this world , it is using as a medium language of understanding between the teacher and the learner , you can see it in banks , supermarkets , in road signs and in international web pages, it is the language that you see and hear every day, so speaking English become a must , also we can’t ignore the fact that English is the language of global communication at medical , tourism , trade and other elements of language use , So English is so important in our various lives aspects. So in this essay I am going to discuss the reasons of how English become a global language and is it a good or bad thing? and what is the advantages and did advantages of spreading of English? There is a lot of reasons that helped to make English a global language and one of the most important reasons is policy , the west colonization for the countries had helped English to spread and distribute by imposing the language and the west culture on the colony countries , so we can say it is all because of the strength that the west had on the world
