English in Economy World: An Overview of English Learning

Abstract

A. IntroductionToday is the era after Modern English that is called as 'Global English" in which English has new status as a global lingua franca and it brings consequences that English is surrounded by new cultural, linguistic, political and economic issues (Graddol 2006:58).English is not a language for the English-speaking countries anymore. English has spread worldwide to the countries in the five continents. One of the reasons is economy. People need to acquire English since it is one way to cope with the communication in economy trend. English is needed to process information, analyze, evaluate, experiment, negotiate and collaborate in economy. The awareness of English importance in the globalization era has made people learn this universal language consciously and it brings issues to English language learning especially in non-Englishspeaking countries.

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