English Language and Cultural Imperialism

The current rise of English to a world Language is becoming a matter of concern for some people while others perceive it as a chance for the world to overcome Language barriers.  Over the years, English Language has presumed a great importance as a means of communication in the global world but across the globe, media and academicians have raised their concerns that depict English language as imperialist, predatory and killer to other languages and in a way it is undermining the linguistic diversity in the world.   For some people, English language has the potential of forming a true cosmopolitanism that eradicate language barriers and consequently curse of Babel. For others, English language is nothing but coming monoculture language domination. Statistics reveal that more people are learning English language as the second language and it is estimated that between 2010 and 2015, more than two billion people, which is a third of the world population will be  learning English as their second language. Adding to the current number of people who are fluent in English, it is estimated that half o the world population will be proficient in English language compared ton only 250 million people in early 1952. Regales of how the English is conceptualized, it is evident the language is becoming a world lingua franca and will have a lot of political, cultural, and economic implications. In the face of globalization, language globalization should be conceptualized in the increase knowledge and usage of different languages in the world but currently English is emerging as dominance language wiping away the influence of other like French, German, Arabic, and others.  This has been contributed by different factors including the usage of English as official language in organization bodies like United Nations and others.  Putting into consideration the estimates of people who are currently learning English language, there is little doubt the world is moving towards a mono-culturalism in which English will be lingua franca.  The concept of global English as currently perpetuated under globalization will eventually turn to language imperialism.