Contents Introduction Globalisation defined Main body - Globosity of the English language - Why it is so widespread - Advantages and disadvantages Conclusion The future of the English language Bibliography Introduction Every day people are surrounded by this term, when they hear it on the news, read it in the papers or talk about it themselves. "Globalisation" is a term which may be defined in different ways. According to the website www.globalization.com "the …showed first 75 words of 1810 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1810 total…as a global language. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Zai, X.J., Zheng, S. T. & Zhang, Z. J. (1999). 21st Century College English. Beijing, Shanghai: Higher Education Press, Fudan University Press. Neave, G. (2000). Introductions in higher education. In G. R. Teasdale & Z. M. Rhea (Eds) Local Knowledge and Wisdom in Higher Education. Oxford, England: Pergamon. http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/hi/education/4080401.stm Story from BBC NEWS, published: 2004/12/09 00:11:01 GMT