Abstract
English has acquired the worldwide status of lingua franca through globalization and is considered the most influential language of the present world. Inner, outer, and expanding circles, well known as Kachru’s (1985) Concentric Circle Model, have acquired a key position in the discussion of the global spread of English. David Crystal (1997) has elaborated in detail on all the factors contributing in giving English a status of a global language since the twentieth century. Through a thorough critical review of the historical and global development of English, Crystal proposed that non-native speakers of English will have more influence on English than the native speakers, reason being that the non-native speakers have already outnumbered the native speakers of English. Widdowson (1994) proclaims that English now belongs equally to both the native and non-native speakers of English. Thus, it is a language that belongs not to one but to all, it is said, “the world is not owned by English; English is owned by the world” (Wang, 2001, p. 23; original in Chinese). This rapid globalization of English as lingua franca and the widespread acknowledgment of World Englishes has fashioned up an entirely new trend of studies focusing on investigating the attitudes of the English language learners toward different varieties of the language and also in learning and teaching of English worldwide.
Rahila Huma Anwar, Muhammad Asim Khan. (2016) ATTITUDES TOWARDS LANGUAGE LEARNING, Journal of Social Sciences & Interdisciplinary Research, Volume 5, Issue 1.
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