Why is English the universal language?

1 Historical reasons and economic reasons

The popularity and dominance of any language are due to the strength of using this language.

English is not born a world language, but various historical changes and changes in power make it a world language. History has repeatedly proven to us that the status of a language is closely related to the strength of the group that uses it, and the development of English itself has also confirmed this.

When Britain was under the rule of the Romans and then France, English became the language of the people at the bottom, and only French was the language of the aristocracy. Then it was impossible for English to become a world language at this time. Three hundred years later, the English king returned to English after he was freed from French control and declared his office in English.

After that, due to the development of its own trade, Britain expanded its overseas colonies and occupied large areas of land. It was known as the "empire on which the sun never sets", and its flags were planted all over the world. In addition, people exiled from the British to the American territories established the United States. They also used English and made a lot of war fortune during World War I. They eventually became interested parties in the First World War and consolidated their position, thereby once again consolidating the status of English. Until now, the economic situation is still dominated by Western developed countries.

History and economy have forced people to use English as the world's universal language.

2 The spread of culture

The status of English is not only the spread of history or economy, but more importantly, the spread of culture. For example, so far, China has accepted Valentine’s Day on February 14th and Christmas on December 25th. Even in the eyes of teenagers, they prefer to celebrate these Western festivals and ignore the traditional Chinese Valentine's Day and New Year's Day. This shows the terrible power of cultural communication.

China has also been actively promoting Chinese culture in recent years, such as establishing Confucius Institutes. However, the results are not as fast as in Western culture. Presumably China's economic communication is made in China, and China's cultural communication simply pales in comparison.

3 English is simple and easy to learn

Only those who have learned other languages ??will know that English is the simplest foreign language. In terms of grammatical structure, English is roughly divided into four parts: simple sentence patterns, tenses and voices, clauses and non-predicates. No other language can divide the system so simply. Japanese is divided into hiragana, katakana, honorific comments, and there are more than 100 pronunciations for the word "生". German and French are also divided into feminine and masculine languages. You will find that English is the simplest language, which makes English acceptable to everyone. If it is too difficult, like Arabic, it will be difficult to learn by everyone anyway.

In short, English as a world language must have its reasons, and it is definitely not formed out of thin air. Therefore, you still need to study English well. ?