Where do we see evidence of linguistic imperialism in the Anglophone world?

In today's world, English is continuing to dominate all over the world in several aspects and it continues it's stronghold as being the world's leading language. One major reason why English continues to take over the world is because the language represents a fine and a prestigious level of education in which no other non-English speaking country can match. In my opinion, I feel that education is the main reason that English is becoming more widespread all over the world. The top 10 universities in the world are all in either the United States or United Kingdom in which both countries hold English as their main language.

Studying at a high quality university can definitely boost your chances in the future to live a high quality life after graduating. A great education opens up the doors for people as they have a much higher chance at finding jobs (than people who have an average or below average education) and with further chances of finding employment, the better the chance you have for making money which you can then use for many great things. Universities in United States, United Kingdom, Australia and Canada (4 of the best countries in the world to study) all want their students to know their native language English to a certain level and a certain degree. Therefore, if you want to get into a good education, the first step is to have a good fluency level of the English language. Education has made  the English language a barrier for people to cross over if they want education at it's best, in order to get into universities in English speaking countries, you must take the IELTS or TOEFL (if you hold passport of a non English speaking country) which are tests to see the level of one's proficiency at the language. If a person let's say doesn't know much English at all but he can find cures for diseases or has the thinking and logic to that of the levels of Albert Einstein! he still will need to take tests and needs to have a good fluency of the language in order to get into the university despite the fact that he is presumably very intelligent.

The majority of the 200 highest rated universities in the world are situated in an English speaking country and therefore English is needed as without a good level of English, you will struggle to survive in living in places like Australia or UK and also all the studies and teaching are in English so basically the knowledge needs to be transmitted in the English language. One can study in their own language but the quality of what they learn in whatever their own main language may be will be nothing compared to what they would learn in English. The countries in which the best universities are located in tend to be the most developed and wealthier nations in the world so therefore after graduating, English will be very helpful as you can get a good quality job in a developed nation which will boost your earnings. The upside of English is that it can get you always a step ahead at getting a great education and future but the downside is that if one learns English and forgets his own culture, then a culture and language both are dying in this world.

Paper 1 Commentary - Text 2

The given text is an article on the internet written by Oxfam International educating us on the food crisis that countries in West and Central Africa are likely to face. This article explains the different ways that Oxfam is trying to help out and solve the likely issue in Africa by reaching out to as many people as they can. The article tries more to publicize Oxfam itself more and show how it is dealing with the issue at hand.

There isn't a certain type of person or a group of people that this article aims at but it could mostly be aimed at people who are rich because since they have a lot of money, it can be easy for them to contribute to a problem like this or people who are have been following the food crises in Africa (as it has happened many times in the past) so that they can also catch their eye and convince them to help out. The purpose of this article is to let Oxfam organization themselves show what they are doing to help out on the issue while also trying to convince and persuade people to take action for this cause and donate since Oxfam is a company that takes in donations. The article is aiming to get very active with whoever they have in mind with their target audience.

This text is about Oxfam talking about the actions that they are taking to make a change with the food crisis that is happening in the Sahel region in West and Central Africa and also trying to convince us people to contribute as in the article they explain what they are doing to take action while also hoping that more people can help out on the situation. Oxfam is trying to convey their messages by bringing up the different ways how the people in Africa are suffering by bringing up the poverty there, how people are starving and all the problems of the supply of food.

The tone in this article is very serious and the article is really trying to play with our emotions here and make us feel very sad about what is going on in Africa currently. They use statistics to make this article very serious e.g. 35% of people in Niger are vulnerable to food insecurity. As this article is explaining about how bad things are in Africa, they are trying to show a very compassionate tone as well by using very dramatic words such as vulnerable or crisis. The mood as well is very sad and sorrowful as we continue to know more about a situation where people are constantly suffering every day but it can also light us up a little bit as Oxfam is showing the contributions they are making to this cause and how they are trying to change the entire landscape of the situation and also make us feel good that someone is taking action towards it and an impact is being made.

The ad uses logos as they are using statistics to let give the readers a more clear insight on the situation. The ad uses pathos as they are trying to appeal to our emotions by telling us how they are suffering and all the negatives that are ongoing and they use ethos as they are trying to tell their audience to contribute to this as it is the right thing to do although I feel the ethos is a little bit hidden in the text but it is certainly transmitted as Oxfam is showing what they are doing so it makes us feel like we should join them and take action.

The paragraph is structure with a title and then a quote in large writing saying "The humanitarian response must tackle the underlying causes of crises like this to prevent them recurring". The article gives a bit of an introduction about how it is a big issue currently and then a little sub heading "The situation in Sahel" where it explains what is going on there and then another sub heading "What Oxfam is doing" and they explain what action they are taking to solve the problem. The structure is like 1. Why we are doing this, 2. What is happening with the situation and 3. What action we are taking towards it. The article uses average size font except for it's major quote at the very start of the article. The article also has a picture of the region just to show us what the Sahel Region of Africa looks like. I feel it is a very well structured article.

I feel like overall this is an article that is trying to show how Oxfam themselves are helping out to the cause and also giving us the feeling that we should help out to the cause as well and not just Oxfam should. I feel this is an excellent article and it can lure in the reader effectively and at the end of the article make them feel like contributing to the cause and it persuades people very well. I feel like Oxfam would probably have been boosted in some way or another after posting this article because it is great at being persuasive.