Future of american english
For decades, one of the most popular ideas has been the English language and the
accent of English, because the United States, as a multi-ethnic country, has many languages,
such as Spanish, Mandarin, Japanese, etc. But what will become of their accents when they
immigrate to the United States? More importantly, it is thought that standard English is what
allows people to communicate more comfortably, but as more and more immigrants come,
will English with an accent still be English? What will the future of English look like if it
evolves over time?
First, we should all know how English came to be, a language brought to America from
early England. Second, English is the most widely spoken language. What will the future of
American English look like? What will be the impact if American English becomes accented
in the future? I don’t think that will happen to English in the future because over time many
countries are starting to take English seriously, after all it is one of the official languages of
the world. Other countries are also starting to make their children aware of the importance
of English from an early age and will also make English their second language. In this regard,
English will become a more standard language in the United States in the future. But for
now, should we scorn those who have an English accent? We should create a good social
environment free of this bad behavior and be more tolerant of this phenomenon of having
an English accent. The definition of English is a tool for communication, a way for others to
understand more clearly what you want to say.
See the following paragraphs by science writer Mark Warschauer. He writes in the Tesol
Quarterly. He explains something about dialects of English and how English works.
“Just as businesses and media have experienced globalization and relocalization, so has the English
language. The past few decades have seen a growth in the role of English around the world as the
lingua franca for economic and scientific exchange. According to information gathered by Crystal
(1997), 85% of international organizations in the world make official use of English, at least 85% of
the world’s film market is in English, and some 90% of published articles in some academic fields,
such as linguistics, are written in English..
This situation, then, is the linguistic equivalent of the more general dynamic mentioned above: the
struggle between global networks and local identity. Increasing numbers of people around the world
turn to English as a requirement of international communication, but in order to project their
identity and values, they emphasize their own local variety of English rather than submit to colonial
standardized norms. ”
Mark Warschauer，“The Changing Global Economy and the
Future of English Teachin“
As the author says in this article, I strongly agree with him that English will play a very
important role in the future of the United States, not only in terms of more immigrants
coming to the country, or the standardization of English, but also in terms of the economic
effects and cultural exchange that English can bring. First of all, I have seen a lot about the
use of English in both developed and developing countries to prove the most usefulness of
English and to emphasize that English as a language plays a very important role in global
communication. This also reflects the fact that many people use English to communicate
even when they are not in the United States. This study shows that as more and more
countries are using English, but it also leads to accent problems, which is a very difficult
thing to change, but the authors mention the respect for diphthongs and multiple dialects,
and I strongly agree with the idea that English is not only used in the United States, but that
English has become a global language. And I think in the future, English in the United States
will become more standardized and diverse in its existence. Like I said at the beginning, the
United States being a multi-ethnic country, when immigrants from other countries come to
the United States, it’s impossible to speak pure American English, they all have some accent
from their own country, but that doesn’t mean that the future of English will be like that,
because the times are progressing, people are learning some pure English, standard sayings
from a young age, and schools will expose people to foreign teachers from a young age, so
that people all speak English from a young age. When it comes to the economy, you can
know from the above that English brings the economy, for example, if you set up a company
in another country, if you want to be open to globalization, you have to know English
because it is a global language and more acceptable. In conclusion, I agree with what the
author said, I think in the future, English will become more standardized and diverse in the
United States.
And when we talk about the future of English, I’m reminded of some very interesting
short videos you’ll see online about how in the old days when people wanted to say hello to
someone, they would finish a sentence very standard and very kindly, like: good morning,
but in the 21st century, people will only use hi to say that, and people are starting to predict
that in the future, people may only use h to say hello.Consider the following passage from
the science writer Simon Horobin.Writing in the The Conversation.
“One way of predicting the future is to look back at the past. The global role English plays today as a
lingua franca – used as a means of communication by speakers of different languages – has parallels
in the Latin of pre-modern Europe..
But today the largest concentration of native speakers is in the US, and the influence of US English
can be heard throughout the world: can I get a cookie, I’m good, did you eat, the movies,_ “skedule”_
rather than “shedule”. In the future, to speak English will be to speak US English.
US spellings such as disk and program are already preferred to British equivalents disc and
programme in computing. The dominance of US usage in the digital world will lead to the wider
acceptance of further American preferences, such as favorite, donut, dialog, center.
Clipped forms, acronyms, blends and abbreviations have long been productive methods of word
formation in English (think of bus, smog and scuba) but the huge increase in such coinages means
that they will be far more prominent in the English of 2115.”
Simon Horobin,”What will the English language be like in
100 years?”
In fact, we try to come across these phrases all the time, on TV, in life and so on. The
advantage of these phrases is that they are easier to understand, for example, if you want to
express something in your life, you can use slang, or phrases, etc. TMR is a phrase that we
often use in text messages, which means tomorrow, GL means good luck, etc. There are all
kinds of new phrases on the Internet to make it easier for people to communicate. And the
writer also expresses this kind of meaning. But I think this phenomenon is wrong, although it
is convenient to communicate in our life, I think it should be used sparingly, because in the
future if these phenomena are used more widely, it will become very bad. The bad aspect is
in the aspect of writing, and also in the aspect of important occasions.
In my opinion, the future of American English will be simpler, more standardized, and
more economical. Simpler means that people can come up with more and more convenient
ways to communicate. And as time goes on and people become more educated, the idea of
standardization will come out. People will use simpler, more understandable ways to live
their lives and use more standardized language in their careers. And speaking of
economization, the presence of the United States as the number one country in the world
and the fact that many countries use English as a second language shows that English can
have some economic effects as many countries make an effort to learn English in order to do
business with the United States or to do business with other countries