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    English is a universal language that promotes unity and understanding globally in the same way that Filipino serves as a tool for unity within the Philippines by breaking down language barriers. English has surpassed other international languages like Spanish, French, and German in terms of popularity and universality. It is widely used in international organizations like the UN, in global business and trade, and in international sports competitions. Proficiency in English gives Filipino workers, entertainers, and seafarers an advantage in the global market. English serves as a tool for world unity and global understanding by allowing people from different linguistic backgrounds to communicate.

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    English is a universal language that promotes unity and understanding globally in the same way that Filipino serves as a tool for unity within the Philippines by breaking down language barriers. English has surpassed other international languages like Spanish, French, and German in terms of popularity and universality. It is widely used in international organizations like the UN, in global business and trade, and in international sports competitions. Proficiency in English gives Filipino workers, entertainers, and seafarers an advantage in the global market. English serves as a tool for world unity and global understanding by allowing people from different linguistic backgrounds to communicate.

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    English is a universal language that promotes unity and understanding globally in the same way that Filipino serves as a tool for unity within the Philippines by breaking down language barriers. English has surpassed other international languages like Spanish, French, and German in terms of popularity and universality. It is widely used in international organizations like the UN, in global business and trade, and in international sports competitions. Proficiency in English gives Filipino workers, entertainers, and seafarers an advantage in the global market. English serves as a tool for world unity and global understanding by allowing people from different linguistic backgrounds to communicate.

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    English-A Tool for World Unity and Global Understanding

    By James Manuel

    Naimbag nga adlaw yo amin, Muray ná aga sa indung gabas. Muyak a abak keka yu ngan.
    Masantos ya agaw ed sikayon amen. Maayong adlaw sa inyong tanan. Maupay nga aga saiyo
    nga tanan. Buenos dias a todos.

    Ladies and gentlemen, a good day to all of you. You just heard an enumeration of
    translations of a Filipino expression of greeting in eight of the major Philippine languages.
    Had I said "Magandang araw sa inyong lahat" at once, I could have not kept you guessing
    what I meant by the words I uttered. What does it show? It shows that we know Filipino in
    as much as it is our national language, it is the language that promotes national unity and
    understanding and breaks language barriers in the Philippine setting.

    Just like Filipino, English plays a similar role-a tool for unity and understanding in a
    worldwide scale. If I render this speech in Spanish, will you understand me? What if I do it
    in French or German, will I put my message across? What about in Chinese? While Spanish,
    French, and German are spoken in many parts of the world, not one of the three
    international languages has reached the stature of English as an international language.
    While Chinese is the language spoken by the biggest number of speakers, considering
    China's population which is one of the largest in the world, Chinese and the rest of the
    languages have not surpassed English as to popularity and universality. English remains to
    be the most widely used and generally accepted universal language. As such, English is a
    tool for world unity and global understanding.

    English is everywhere. Attend a conference of the United Nations and you'll find the UN
    delegates of different nationalities discuss international issues in English. Nations establish
    bilateral relations and settle disputes in English. Go to an international, or even a national,
    trade fair and exhibition and you'll see that business transactions are rendered in English.
    Watch an international sports competition such as the Miss Universe and you'll observe
    that the contests are conducted in English, so if one doesn't know English well, he or she
    needs an interpreter. Visit a foreign land and you'll notice that you go places and be
    understood if you speak English. There are proofs that English is useful in many occasions
    where people of various linguistic groups convene and confer. Indeed, people as social
    beings gather, and in this gathering they are one. They are united by one language and that
    is English.
    Let's turn our eyes and minds now to the present realities. Why is there a great demand
    for Filipino contract workers from managers down to laborers? For Filipino entertainers?
    For Filipino seafarers? It is not that Filipino labor is cheap. That's beside the point. The
    answer is simple. The Filipino OCWs, entertainers, and seafarers speak the English
    language. As far as the English language is concerned, we, the Filipinos, rank next to the
    British and the Americans as to proficiency in the use of the language. And because of this,
    we are understood by most other nations of the world.

    We pride ourselves as Filipinos, a nation of heroes and patriots who love their national
    language-the Filipino. And we pride ourselves more as English-speaking Filipinos who use
    English as a second language, the tool for world unity and global understanding.

    As I leave, Ill leave you these questions: What if there is no English? Another Tower of
    Babel is in the offing?

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