Yes, but why?

It is great success. Regards

success for native English speaking countries.

English is easier to learn than many other languages.

Thanks dear colleagues for sharing your points of view. Actually, I tried to link the widespread of the English language in the world to previous occupations, and the victory of WWII, but I found that approach quite inaccurate. Even in France, Germany, China, and Russia, the penetration of the English language there is high! I guess that the answer of Jerry Decker is very close to the fact.

"Success" implies that it was an intentional strategy, but I do not think this was the case.

A lot of research was done by native English speakers and published in journals situated in English-speaking countries. As these journals became more prestigious, native speakers of other countries also sought to publish in those journals, which required English.

Thanks Michael for your comment.

Your explanation is very reasonable; however, the UK promoted and supported the English language education in many countries including Egypt by providing teaching materials, and free/cheap books. Therefore, I guess that there was intentions. I guess that Germany also has the same plans of propagating the duetsch.

Hello,

According to Cooper (p.6), language spread refers to " an increase, over time, in the proportion of a communication network that adopts a given language or language variety for a given communicative function”. As such, a language as a concomitant of culture can spread because of the socio-poliotical roles it plays over a period of time. Historically, the spread of Greek culture and language was outshined by the spread of Roman influence and Latin throughout the Roman Empire,which was then replaced by the spread of Islam as a new world religion leading to the spread of the language of the Koran, Arabic. Not surprisingly, today Global English (Globish) acts as thee dominant lingua franca and has become the language of international communication because of specific forces resulting from the dominating position of native speaking countries.

Best regards,

R. Biria

Thanks Reza for your comment.

Dear Prof. Mohamed EL-Shimy,

The doctrine of native speakerism or the native speaker fallacy has heightened the conjecture that westerners have a big claim to English language as their belonging. Stretching cycles of years, American and British Englishes, as two main versions of English, have been recognized as the most prioritized standards for English language teaching in various parts of the world, notably in expanding circle territories. Nevertheless, the rise of ELF or EIL as the most substratal and contentious perspective has thrown the credibility of these two prevailing varieties of English into question and has accentuated the tolerability of diverse verities of English utilized by non-native speakers all over the globe (e.g. China English (CE)).

As for significance and the pedagogical ramifications of the World Englishes concept to English education and classroom settings, I personally believe that instead of sticking to the native speaker fallacy, instructors should endeavor to augment learners’ appreciation of different varieties of English and empower them to make their own choices in face of means to achieve survival in EIL ecology.