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English as a Language of Diplomacy

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  • The most famous language is English among the diplomatic languages and it is considered as the first and foremost choice for elite and masses

  • English is known by 1.1 billion people as foreign or second language and it outnumbers the native speakers of Europeans in addition to the native speakers of 375 million (Hasan& Iberahim, 2019)

  • The focus of the questionnaire was on the overall perception of the English language as the diplomatic language, while the focus of the interviews was on the difficulties the participants experience based on their experience overseas

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Introduction

The most famous language is English among the diplomatic languages and it is considered as the first and foremost choice for elite and masses. English is known by 1.1 billion people as foreign or second language and it outnumbers the native speakers of Europeans in addition to the native speakers of 375 million (Hasan& Iberahim, 2019). The language of prestige and power is considered English as it has become a global language and it plays a role of international gatekeeper to economic as well as social progress alongside a huge tolerance for linguistic variations. English is currently dominated a language of a world and this matter is undoubted. Since World War ll, French has been replaced by English as diplomacy’s lingua franca (Kirkpatrick et al, 2017)

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