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Crystal, David. English as a Global Language. 2nd ed. Cambridge [England: Cambridge UP, 2010. Print.

1. If a global language is taught early enough, from the time that children begin their full-time education, and if it is maintained continuously and resourced well, the kind of linguistic competence which emerges in due course is a real and powerful bilingualism, indistinguishable from that found in any speaker who has encountered the language since birth.

A global language is best learned at an early age because children are able to grasp it better. A language learned early is similar to a language learned since birth.

Crystal, David. English as a Global Language. 2nd ed. Cambridge [England: Cambridge UP, 2010. Print.

2. Many accordingly hold the view that the official English bill is an unwarranted federal intrusion into self-expression, violating cultural pluralism, and – insofar as it is perceived as a policy intended to limit and control minorities – increasing the chances that communities would divide along ethnic lines.

Some say that English bill is a disruption violating the rights of people for individualism and that is mainly an attempt to control minorities and create political division.

Crystal, David. English as a Global Language. 2nd ed. Cambridge [England: Cambridge UP, 2010. Print.

3. From a position where transitional programmes were being devised to get children into the English-speaking mainstream as quickly as possible, they now see a position where these programmes are being used to preserve cultural identity and to reduce integration.

Telling children to speak English with transitional programmer is now seen as preserving cultural identity and reducing integration.

Etzioni, Amitai. "A Global, Community Building Language?." International Studies Perspectives 9.2 (2008): 113-127. Academic Search Premier. Web. 26 Mar. 2012.

4. One may object that the choice of language is a personal matter and that each person...