ENGLISH AS A GLOBAL LANGUAGE IN XXI CENTURY

Аннотация

English is currently described in many different ways: as "world language", "global language", "lingua franca", "connected language", etc. This article highlights the role of English that is being taught from three perspectives, namely as a first or native language (L1), a second language (L2), as a foreign language (FL) and some challenges as a global language. KEYWORDS English, global language, lingua franca, second language, foreign language, inner circle, the outer circle, the expanding circle.