Merits and demerits of English language
No one can easily deny the obvious merits of English language. In the times of globalization when the world is shrinking ,the need of a common language is imperative. English fulfils this need to a great extent . English is spoken and understood in several countries of the world . In the country like India where there is absence of common Indian language, English fills the gap . It is difficult for a Tamil to converse with Punjabi and Gujarati with a Bengali ,if it were not for English . Hindi is not spoken and understood in North East and south India . It is only through that Indians can express their thoughts ,conduct business and unite hearts across the country . The greatest merit of English language is the we find no difficulty in living in englEng speaking countries. Technical education is easily imported through English . If our engineers, scientist,doctors are successful in West ,the credit goes largely to their English education. Thus English serves as a link among Indians ,and also between Indians and foreigners. It is a window outside world .
But it also has some demerits . It imposes foreign values on the native minds . It takes the learner away from his culture and civilization. He who receives education in an English medume school tends to look down upon his own mother tongue . He begins to imitate English men and forgets his own way of life . Some people feel that if Indians have failed to produce a vast body of orginal literature,or have not made any great discovery or invention over the years ,it is due to their English language which makes them only imitators . Original thinking is possible only through the use of one's mother tongue. Many Indians like Rabinder nath tagore feel that one can be become a great writer only in one's own language . If one is capable of maintaining a balance between one's native language and English ,one is sure to achieve success in life . If we are imitative ,or if we despite our own culture ,our mentality is at fault ,and not English .....
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But it also has some demerits . It imposes foreign values on the native minds . It takes the learner away from his culture and civilization. He who receives education in an English medume school tends to look down upon his own mother tongue . He begins to imitate English men and forgets his own way of life . Some people feel that if Indians have failed to produce a vast body of orginal literature,or have not made any great discovery or invention over the years ,it is due to their English language which makes them only imitators . Original thinking is possible only through the use of one's mother tongue. Many Indians like Rabinder nath tagore feel that one can be become a great writer only in one's own language . If one is capable of maintaining a balance between one's native language and English ,one is sure to achieve success in life . If we are imitative ,or if we despite our own culture ,our mentality is at fault ,and not English .....
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