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I have gone through an article under the above caption “English For All” in the Daily Star of its 28 issue of March 2008 produced by an expatriate Alam Khorshed by name. I don’t understand from which point of view he has produced this article. Does it express his patriotism or profound love for mother tongue or he wants to avoid the reality. He had been in America for many years. I don’t know his profession or how, when or why he went abroad. His facing the American Embassy necessitated his English particularly his spoken English. But in his article he wants to put little or no importance in spoken English. He is right in his expression that language is the vehicle of cultural identity. Learning through mother tongue proves the strong footing on culture.

In this age of globalisation we can in no way keep ourselves aloof from the common trend of the world. By virtue of globalisation the people belonging to various cultures, caste, colour and language have come closer to each other. To develop a common communication and relation they must have a common means of language. English has occupied that place. Not only that it is the language of commerce, science, technology, literature and job. The candidate who can speak English preferably gets the job whatever office or organization it is. Most of the job market has been captured by private organization, non-government organization and international/ multinational companies. In all these organizations people who know English either in written or spoken are preferred and treated as human resource. The causes are not unknown to us. Don’t we respond to this pragmatic situation? Even government establishments also need English knowing people. Time and again they are to maintain liaison and communication and for rapport building they need English? So how can we deny these multifarious necessities and utilities of English?