essay: importance of english in nigeria
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English, undoubtedly, continues to enjoy the international status of a world language, being the language most widely spoken, especially outside its place of origin.
This is unlike the Mandarin Chinese, which though has the largest number of speakers in the world, has them restricted mainly to China. Ukoyen (2005:34) says “One look at the map of the world reveals that English now exists in every strategic corner of the globe, either as a mother tongue or as an official or second language”. It is on record that more than half of the world’s scientific literature is in the English language (Ogunkeye, 2004) and currently the major language of the internet. The language “functions across the world as the language of power and of inclusion