The English language has been so successfully exported round the world that the native speakers no longer have control over it. They are now in a snow minority, for a start, and todays learners of English are not learning it particularly to talk to Englishmen, but also to talk to each other. The very features that distinguish native speakers disqualify them from key discussions like Which is the best English?
There are a lot of good models of English available. As well as British English there is American English, the other world-wide model,. with Canadian, Australian, New Zealand and South African English also available as prominent models.
And what about the English which is established as a second language in many Commonwealth countries? Indian English, West African English, West Indian English, Singaporean English and others have adapted to local circumstances over many years and are in the process of being re-exported. Because they are used in the everyday lives of millions of non-native speakers, they have features which could make them very attractive as practical alternatives to a native speaker variety. When native speaking teachers are not welcome politically in a country, for example, there will be found plenty of well-qualified and experienced colleagues from such countries.
Further, we are witness at the present time to the development of English as an additional language in a number of communities which have a common language already and which are under no political pressure to adopt English. People from Scandinavia, West Germany and Holland, for instance, have English available as a matter of course. Their way of teaching it is moving from the concerns of access to a foreign culture the great literature etc. to the priorities of a working language in a community how to get things done. Gradually, for international matters, it will be more sensible to use English rather than translate. English language films will not be dubbed or subtitled any more. English language journalism will be edited and read by foreign communities, and gradually written by them also.
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