Track 9

Unit 2

Linguistics

global English

page 15

tried out

Today I want to give you two contrasting points of view about varieties of English.

There are many varieties of English now, Korean English, Indian English, American English, and so on.

Some people are worried that there are too many varieties. They say this is going to cause big communication problems as English is used more throughout the world.

There is another way to think about this though, that is to say, yes, there are many varieties of English but this isn’t a serious problem.

Here are some reasons why I say this. The first reason is that the basic grammar is still the same whether the English is spoken in China or Australia or Brazil or the United States.

The second reason is, yes, some vocabulary is different, but most words are the same right.