Asia Map Is Intensifying Its Trade And Industry Boundary

Asia Map Is Intensifying Its Trade And Industry Boundary

Flourishing businesses within the city of Sydney include, the Asian Escort in Sydney, the realestate industry, Colonial Sugar Refining Co. and many more. Despite the economic drawbacks that have affected all of the world, including Sydney itself; the city and the country of Australia, still provide some of the brightest prospects for future business endeavors of all the globe. Holding free trade agreements with the United States, Thailand, and Singapore, the Australian government continues to open doors of trade to neighboring countries and other friends around the world. They are at the current, in negotiation with Indonesia, China, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, the United Arab Emirates and even the Association of South East Asian Nations(ASEAN).

Given the established dominance of English in the global ecosystem, how will educators of English as a second language (ESL) redefine their roles in the new dynamic? The first is for educators to fully acknowledge that English as used in nonnative English speaking countries is not the language of Shakespeare. It has been transformed into a far different variant called Global English, where the millions of linguistic stakeholders are active participants in its continuing evolution. As of this writing, the Asian trend indicates that more people are learning English, and starting learning it at a very early age. In many respects, the method of teaching English has also changed from being articulated as a foreign language to being shared as an acclimatized second language that functions as the local population's link to the rest of the world. According to an article in the Economist, children with ages between 8 and 12 are better language learners than younger ones.

In 2008, Sydney was voted the top city in Australia, and 22nd in the world, as an international business destination by the International Congress and Convention Association. For big business leaders of the world, and expanding entrepreneurs everywhere, Sydney, Australia is not just a smart choice to plant one's business, it is one of the brightest.

Of course, language ownership is a tenuous issue and games of numbers are just that. By all indications, English has become a global language owned by all its usersregardless of whether they are native or nonnative speakers of itwho will naturally use English within their respective cultural contexts. It is no accident that there is now the socalled Korean English, Indian English and other working variants of the English language. The evolutionary transformation of language by people who use it is in fact, a known and expected linguistic phenomenon. After all, any language that ceases to evolve, like Latin, is a dead language.

In much of Asia, including China and Indiatwo of its demographic and economic giantsthe learning of English has become an integral component of early education. Meanwhile, given their heritage of British governance, Singapore and Malaysia have also consistently promoted the learning of English such that their Englishspeaking populations are perhaps the most proficient in the region, based on online tests conducted by some languageoriented organizations. Nearby, the Philippines still holds the title of having the 3rd largest Englishspeaking population in the world after the US and India.