Piskun, O.

Radionov, I.

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131  УДК 005.57:811.111  Radionov I, Piskun O.   The Future of English   Belarusian National Technical University   Minsk, Belarus   Today I would like to speculate a bit on the topic of the future of the English language, express my opinion on this issue, and also give an example of the opinions of other people. The modern world is very fast, science, medicine, sports: everything goes forward with leaps and bounds, at super-sonic speed. One of the most important characteristics of the development of the modern world is the language of communication. At the moment, the most popular language is English. Now it is the so-called world language. However, from day to day, it is faced with certain problems, difficulties, and this trend of events may continue in the future. My subjective opinion regarding the future of English is that at this stage it is difficult to judge whether everything will turn out successfully or vice versa. Opinions are varied on this issue: someone believes that in the near future English should become a global language, fill every house and street, they believe that English has a bright future. But others think that as the world develops, as mentioned earlier, it is changing very rapidly, the English language may encounter great difficulties and its future seems very vague. I am inclined to the fact that the current tendency to speak English will continue. Today, people who are not native speakers of English from any country know that learning English is very important, especially at an early age, because children are able to process, memorize and absorb a fairly large amount of information. 132  Many parents believe that knowledge of a foreign language can be the cornerstone of the life of their children. Knowledge of a foreign language, of course, is very useful, but there is a difference between the fact that a child teaches the Aloha language, spoken by about 20 people or English, which is known all over the world. Many parents choose the latter, for obvious reasons. For example, in China many parents send their children to English learning agencies, although some of them (children) do not even know how to speak their native language fluently. This is a very interesting phenomenon. The Chinese pay equal attention to both Chinese and English. This means that knowledge of English in China is a basic skill and that this language is as important to them as their mother tongue. It is also interesting that Chinese youth go abroad to study in countries such as the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. The cost of such training is by no means cheap and to live in another country, without acquaintances, friends, relatives is very difficult, but they go to these countries without a gram of doubt. This is due to the fact that the experience of studying abroad will greatly help them in the future, when they will get a job. And also, this training will open new doors for them, these young people will be able to work in foreign companies, and will also be more competitive. And the last, due to the constant effect of globalization, such an education will help to be more flexible. In modern conditions, under the effect of globalization, English has become an indispensable language because, today, it is the best, widely used, communication tool. In view of this, in the future, English may become a global language and everyone will be able to say, at least, a couple of sentences in it [2]. There is an opposite opinion, according to which, just globalization will destroy English. In many countries, the national language is now taking a back seat because people pay more 133  attention to English because it can be useful to them in life much more than their native languages. After a while, when almost everyone will know English, knowledge of their native language will be much more valuable [1]. As I have said, the future of the English language is hard to predict.  Meanwhile, the influence of different cultures also cannot be ignored. Currently, one cannot but take into account the immigration process, thanks to which people exchange, learn and adapt everything to new and new languages and cultures. Thus, immigrants, for example, from Asian countries, who arrived in the United States despite the fact that they live in another country, speak their native language and do not change their culture. At the same time, they can teach the local population some words of their language and the peculiarities of their culture. Thus, no one can predict which language may become global in the future. In my opinion, the future of the English language is still unknown. On the one hand, the future of English as a global language may be optimistic. Regardless their age, people are willing to pay attention to learning English. On the other hand, the future of the English language can be pessimistic. Many factors can affect the future of English. In conclusion, I would like to say that the future of English is still vague, no one can predict it for sure.  References: 1. Different opinions of people about English nowadays [Electronic resource]. – Mode of access: http://studymoose.com/what-is-the-future-of-english-as-a-...lobal-language-essay. – Date of access: 22.04.2020. 2. The future of English language [Electronic resource]. – Mode of access: https://educheer.com/essays/what-is-the-future-of-english-as-a-global-language/.  – Date of access: 22.04.2020.

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