▶ Your Answer : English is being considered as an official language around the world. Especially, in these days, the ability of speaking is regarded one of the essential qualifications throughout the world wide job markets, so lots of people are are trying to acquire an English to obtain more job oportunities and develop their career. Thus, the languages of a minority group are fading away without recognition. With the globalization of job market, English is becoming more significant ability to people who are looking for a good job. For that reason, a huge number of students in Asian and Europe countries tend to go study abroad to some countries which adopted English as a main language. In addition, some family even immigrate to English speaking countries for teaching their babies English as a first language. As these situations have been countinuing, some languages are vanished in the world. However, I think this kind of trend should be noticed because every language functions as the spiritual basis for a nation's cultural heritage. That is, they say the stories of the past and demonstrate the excellence of a nation's tradition and culture to the next generations. Besides, the extinction of languages could interrupt the diversity of ethnic group around the world. Consequently, some people in minority group could have identity crisis and it would direct to social problems. In short, although English is more important than others officially, I believe that languages should be preserved because they have their own values and special meanings. Furthermore, it requires some exertions at social and government stage. |