Linguistic Imperialism

To start with, Linguistic Imperialism is the process of imposing a language upon speakers of that language. It is important to be able to communicate across generations. As a matter of fact, a language dies every 14 days, resulting in 5,400 languages going extinct in 90 years from today. In this case, the english language is being imposed and enhanced by many factors, the main one being that the english language is the most well-known language across the world.  As expected, the top world rankings of universities are all english speaking. As a result a milestone or a barrier is being set in front of those who seek education but lack the ability to communicate in the required language. English teachers would refuse a student or an applicant, based on the person's inability to express themselves in english. An example of Linguistic Imperialism would be a variety of schools in Middle Eastern countries such as Kuwait or Qatar, altering their school systems as well as language requirements to english. This is done in order to educate the nation and prepare them for a more modern and perhaps a better outlook on their futures. Having their youth master the english language and its systems brings the entire country several steps ahead, in terms of political and economical power, since the youth are shaping their countries future.  This is an advantage and although the english language may be eroding the Arab language as well as the culture gradually, one can profit from long term benefits.