Writing about global languages

   Nowadays, it is common knowledge that English is the global, worldwide-spoken language. More and more of various ages, such as adolescents and adults, strive to master it. An increasingly number of citizens of the world considers learning this language as an obligatory and beneficial part of their studies. Although a world language results in communication, peace, connection and understanding between nations, there are both positive and negative aspects of this situation.
   Adopting a foreign language which is used worldwide has plenty of strong points. Firstly, a set of grammatical rules and a new body of vocabulary, which are parts of every language, boosts intelligence, cleverness, critical thinking and skills. This means that studying new things is an ideal way of brain exercise and memory practice. Another asset is that through this kind of learning, people are able to communicate and interact with each other even if their nationalities are not the same. Thus, they accept they accept the diversity between cultures as their horizons are broadened. For instance, young children attend exchange programs more easily or teenagers make new friends and meet different customs, traditions, history and values. Apart from intercultural understanding, professional needs and travelling too requires bilingualism. In many cases, students travel abroad to graduate, get a higher education and develop a better future. Travelling overseas is a popular trend, so English is very useful for communication and pleasure from a journey or a permanent installation to a place.
   However, global languages usage has a serious consequence known as globalisation. It is very easy for unpopular languages, tranditions and generally cultures to be consumed or even vanish in the mass of the most popular cultures, leading to limited significance of cultural identity and individual history. For example, in Greece more and more American traditions and rituals are adopted or replace the Greek ones, like carnivals or Christmas trees. Not only are cultural differences eliminated but also people -especially the young ones- have similar tastes in music, clothes and films. Lack of variation is a common phenomenon, which causes conflicts between adolescents and more competition about fashion, trends and popularity. The consequences of this problem are various, because relationships are destroyed by misunderstandings or conflicts and children  adopt the mentality of criticizing based on the outer appearance, instead of character.
   On balance, I believe that worldwide-spoken languages are worthwhile, important for harmony, communication and brain exercise. For me, the advantages outweigh the disadvantages, as a world language is the flash of the human spirit representing the connection among all the cultures.