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SHANTILAL SHAH GOVERNMENT ENGINEERING COLLEGE, BHAVNAGARPostal Address : New Sidsar Campus Post : Vartej, Sidsar, Bhavnagar-364060, Gujarat, IndiaContact : 0278-2445509,2445767 Fax : 0278-2445509Website: http://www.ssgec.ac.in/

( INSTRUMENTATION & CONTROL DEPARTMENT )

ROLE OF ENGLISH IN THE 21ST CENTURY

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Roll no.

Enrollment no.

Name

3017 140430117019 JITIN J PILLAI

3018 140430117020 JOSHI MEETKUMAR DHARMENDRABHAI

3010 140430117012 DODIYA PARTH KISHORBHAI

CONTRIBUTOR PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT PRESENTATIONB.E. Sem 2 (I.C.)Batch 1

Guided by:Prof. T.J. PatelProf. D.B. RanganiProf. D.N. Vaishnav

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“English language is the greatest gift of Goddess Saraswati to India.”

~C. Rajgopalachari

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English

• Link Language

• Language of Science and Technology

• Language of Trade, Industry and Administration

• International language

• A Window to the World Knowledge

• A Foreign Language already known to Indians

• A Rich and Beautiful Language

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Link Language

• English is given a status as an official language in the Constitution of India.

• In Southern India, English is preferred as a linking language, as Hindi is commonly spoken in northern India.

• In India it's slowly becoming the language of communication for the classes and the masses in various corporate offices, MNCs, colleges, schools etc.

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Language of Science and Technology

“English is the key to the store-house of knowledge not yet available in the Indian Languages and as a window to the rapid progress of technology

and scientific knowledge that is constantly taking place in the world.”

The Official Language Commission

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Language of Trade, Industry and Administration

• Foreign Trade, Industry• Foreign Exchange• All India Competitive Examinations

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International Language

• First Language – UK, USA, Canada, Australia• Second Language – India, Russia, France, Pakistan• International Understanding• Closer Contact

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“ English is a language of international commerce, it is the language of diplomacy

and it contains many a rich treasure; it gives us an introduction to western thought and

culture. “

~M. K. Gandhi

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• The gateway to the Thoughts and Culture

• “Anyone who can read English can keep in touch with the whole world without leaving his own house.”

~F. G. French

A Window to the World

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“It is a language which is rich in language- literature- humanistic, scientific and technical. If under

sentimental urges we give up English, we would cut ourselves off from the living stream of ever- growing

knowledge. “

~Radhakrishna University Education Commission

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Already known to Indians

“We know it a good deal and we have people who can teach it. “

~Jawaharlal Nehru

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A Rich and Beautiful Language

• Rich Vocabulary• Open – mindedness• Democratization of knowledge• Now, it’s Englishes !

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References

• www.open.edu/.../english.../english-the-world-today/content-

section-0

• http://www.thetutorpages.com/tutor-article/english-as-a-foreign-

language-efl/the-importance-of-english-in-the-world-today/5750

• http://www.studymode.com/subjects/importance-of-english-in-

todays-world-page1.html

• http://www.esoe.co.uk/blog/4-reasons-why-learning-english-is-so-

important/

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