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The New Language of the Tower of Babel English – Openings and Challenges in Communication and Knowledge

Summary/Abstract: Today’s globalized world is the New Tower of Babel of humanity. It updates in the collective consciousness the memory of the unity of civilization before the collapse. This unity was expressed essentially by a common language and was destroyed with the confusion of tongues as divine sanction. The memory of the unity is also manifested in the actual civilization’s tendency to recover the linguistic unity of humanity. The first step towards this unity was made: English became an international language, spoken across the globe. English is now the language of the entire planet, a lingua franca, that transcends the linguistic diversity and makes the linguistic unity and unity in diversity possible. It is the language of the globalized world, the language of the New Tower of Babel. Knowledge of English language, the communication skills in English at a proficient level represent today a necessity not only subjective, but objective as well. English is the language of universal communication, the global communication instrument, therefore its knowledge becomes an obligation for the communication among people, institutions, organizations, nationally and internationally. Given that most of the knowledge of the world is expressed in English, that it is the language of ICT, English is an open door to the world of knowledge, a vast universe, in continuous expansion. Knowledge of English, therefore, offers essential benefits and openings in communication and knowledge. Study of English in terms of efficiency, pragmatism and performance remains a fundamental challenge for the education systems, for the higher education institutions in Europe and in the world. It is a major challenge in the process of achievement of the Knowledge Society in the globalized world.

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