ROLE OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE IN THE MODERN CONTEXT IN INDIA

In this global competitive environment, Language is intimately and essentially tied to man's feeling and activity. There are several factors that make the English language essential to communication in our current time. First of all, it is the most common foreign language. This means that two people who come from different countries (for example, a Mexican and a Swede) usually use English as a common language to communicate. That’s why everyone needs to learn the language in order to get in touch on an international level. Speaking it will help you communicate with people from countries all over the world, not just English-speaking ones. It is bound up with nationality, religion and the feelings of self. It is used for work, worship and play by everyone, he be beggar or banker, savage or civilized. Languages are important in the life of any nation and essentially modern context. The members of a social group need language to communicate with each other and for all social purposes, for public administration, for commerce and industry, for education and so on. Ours are a country with multilingual, multicultural, and pluralistic milieu. An individual can function best through the language which he acquires natively, i.e., the mother tongue. The social aspirations can best be fulfilled when they are allowed to function through the mother tongue. Therefore it is natural to think of mother tongue for the purpose of education. But the necessity to have a common language for interaction has lead to the learning of English. The present paper discusses the importance of usage of English language in the modern context