Four Sources

A world language: will it be English?

A scholarly article written to an audience of English speakers. Upholds the idea that English is the language of those who are successful.

Kidnapping and Hostage
Survival Guidelines

Though it seems unrelated at first; this article establishes the idea that to survive a hostage situation, the best thing to do is connect with one's captors. Just as it is hard for a captor to kill a someone he is acquainted with, it is hard for friends to kill each other and the first step to building friendship is communication.

English as a Global Language

An explanation of how English came to have the global power it has in today's world. A scholarly article also written to English speakers to justify the dominance of English.

Native Speakerism

Stating that even among English speakers there is contention, Holliday argues that the prejudice against "non-native speakers" must me addressed. Shortly after September 11, the nationalism felt had negative consequences against "non-native speakers" and for true unity we, as a people, need to change the paradigm of disunity we live by.