(Lehigh University Website) Introduction English is the most common language of the world. It can be found in over 90 percent of the continent and this has led to globalization. St-Hilaire (2011) suggested that globalization not only affects individual language choice, it also affects language planning deliberations. Countries are having to change their systems to use English as a language of choice to keep up with globalization. You will find Italian to English, Spanish to English or Japanese to English dictionaries. This paper is written to try and find out how English has been a contributing factor to globalization. History of English The English language was first used when three German tribes invaded Britain in 5th Century A.D (englishclub.com). They spoke a cluster of dialects within the German branch of the Indo-European family and they developed it to Old English or Anglo-Saxon, and they covered most of Modern England (Kemmer 2005). At the time of the invasion,
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