The notion being portrayed in source one is that a portion of hybridization is and always will be beneficial to one’s culture. This is shown in the source by the phrase of “In some ways, hybridization always makes a culture better.” Multiple examples of hybridization is shown on this source, such as the development of blues and jazz was a result of the mixture of African and European modes of music. The author indirectly states that blues and jazz was one of the most important forms of art of the modern world, which supports the idea of hybridization being the pinnacle of one’s culture. The source also states that the English is the result of combining the French and German languages. With this in mind, English is the second most spoken language …show more content…
With the growing number of English speaking persons, there would be a lesser degree of misunderstanding, which can have detrimental effects. The textbook definition of globalization is “the process that is making the world’s citizens increasingly interdependent economically, politically, environmentally, and technologically.” This source relates to the theme of globalization because of the fact that everyone around the world has heard some form of blues and jazz, and has spoken / heard about the English language. Governments can then further increase the rate of hybridization by integrating foreign aspects into their culture, which will “always make a culture better.” The writer of this quote states that hybridization is a very important aspect in making one’s culture …show more content…
These sources are displaying the positives and negatives of what it means to have globalization a factor in their society. This statement is supported by the fact that source one is stating that “hybridization always makes a culture better,” and source two stating that Canadian companies merging with American companies will have a factor into them losing their national identity and the last source depicting a form of Canada hybridizing with other countries.
Source one is stating that hybridization is a positive thing whereas the second source is portraying that mixing with other factors is a negative thing. Source one believes that hybridization is the pinnacle of making a culture better in contrast to the couple talking in source two stating that the merging of companies will make them lose their national identity. Source two displays a couple shopping at an American multinational retailing corporation also known as Walmart and source three depicts a flag with other flags embedded onto it. With Walmart being a multinational corporation and Canada being a multinational country. These two sources complement each other in the way that they have contradicting ideas. The second source is stating that hybridizing can affect one’s national identity negatively whereas source three states that having multiple different factors is what
The world has been steadily growing in population, but shrinking in both the literal and metaphorical vastness of society. With a boom in technological invention, the world has discovered new ways of international trade, transportation and communication. With this comes the ability to interact closely with other cultures. In an article about globalization, Deborah Knight says “Go to your local supermarket and you can buy grapes from Chile or tomatoes from Mexico. Call the help desk for the computer you just bought, and the person you talk to is in India. Purchase a shirt and it will bear a tag from China, Indonesia or El Salvador. Go through your daily routines and you will almost surely encounter people who have immigrated to the United States
This leads to the negative viewpoint of cultural globalization, that “[it] can lead to a utopian world, [and] some believe it will cause less dominant cultures to be obliterated and economically developed cultures to prosper.” (Issit 1). Although the dominance of English allows for people to speak a common language many can understand, a downside would be losing knowledge of other cultures.
The issue I am referring to is that of the language barrier that exists between those whose primary language is English and those whose primary language is not English. In recent history, many studies have been conducted on this topic regarding how often this language barrier restricts effective communication, what consequences occur as a result of it, and how best to rectify this problem. These studies are far from finished and are still ongoing. It might still be quite some time before we can obtain some quantifiable results from these studies that can actually be applied towards determining a viable solution. However, as stated in "USA Today", one person with limited English skills enters the country every thirty one seconds, and one out of five people in the USA speak a language other than English.
Hybridization is commonly defined as the interbreeding of genetically differentiated populations, where the gene flow between the two species has been reestablished. This process is more likely to happen in recently diverged populations that have a secondary contact, in which the isolation barrier has been removed. Hybridization can lead to a variety of evolutionary outcomes, depending on the fitness of the hybrids relative to the parental forms. Some of them will be beneficial, such as the effects of maintaining or increasing diversity through stable hybrid zones, the rescue of small inbred populations, the origin and transfer of adaptations, the reinforcement of reproductive isolation, and the formation of new hybrid lineages (Todesco, 2016). In the other hand, hybridization can also reduce diversity through the breakdown of reproductive barriers, leading to the merger of previously distinctive evolutionary lineages, and the extinction of populations or species.
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Ultimately, Globalization is a powerful force which will try to deprive lesser nations of their culture and identities. However, culture is a powerful force which allows for the contradictions and conflict faced between the globalizing world to be solved and answered. With culture ethnic-Mexicans are able to remain who they are, a rich, diverse culture with a long history. The one positive of globalization has been the ability of cultures to share their greatness with others and spread about the world. However, this comes with caution, as cultures sometimes battle for dominance in an area. Globalization is good for some, terrible for others, but through culture people are able to maintain their identi
prevalent within a single dialect, a single national language or a single group of social language. It is one of the most significant “modes in the historical life and evolution of all languages … [and] language and languages change historically primarily by means of hybridization” (Bakhtin, 2011, 358). The conscious hybridization, on the other hand, is an intentional hybrid that is primarily applied as “an artistic device” (Bakhtin, 2011, p. 358). Bakhtin (2011) defines these hybrid constructions
...ent prevails over the degradation. In my opinion, the benefits of globalization discussed in this paper are far more important than it's costs or the costs and benefits of localization. Although, localization and globalization will continue co-existing, globalization will continue to increasingly dominate over time because most countries are generally leading to and becoming more accepting of the idea of globalization. In conclusion, the benefits gained by globalization are the most important to people's lives because it aides in the learning process of people expanding their horizons and understanding the benefits to countries, organizations, and groups working together. Although losing some part of one's national identity can be a disadvantage at times, the advantages of being able to work together and help each other in a globally integrated world are much more.
Experiencing those days where people would laugh at other for the broken English; the grammar and pronunciation are the toughest parts of the language. People with English as a second language always stumble upon difficulties; however, the determination of learning a new language do not decrease easily as the motivation is still surrounding one’s mind. Today, English has become an international communication; even the teaching and learning of the language has already spread throughout the world. English is known as one of the most common use language and has been offering classes everywhere for years especially around Asia; additionally, the world common language has now become the number one language uses in every fields of career that is being offer everywhere. Non-American students should be required to take English class as a second language in school
Although some people believe the entire world should speak English, the reality is that all Americans should have some degree of formal education in a foreign language. Foreign language skills could have a positive impact on race relations in America. The number of minorities in America is rapidly increasing. In fact, "minority" groups will soon form a collective "majority" of the citizens of America. Considering the fact that many minority groups speak English as a second language and America has no official language, compulsory foreign language classes are viable options.
The overwhelming forces of globalization have led to cultural homogenization around the world, from language to tradition; as it has happened to the Indigenous people of Canada. In addition, with dominating cultures coming into society, the cultures that were once independent, are disappearing because of assimilation. Though, globalization has attributed to the indigenous people by giving them more empowerment and the ability to reconcile their culture. With the Silk Road, the start of identities to flourish happened from the start of spreading and trading religious beliefs, allowing the Silk Road become important to the flourish of identities and religious beliefs. Also, with media, and communication allow the sharing of ideas, worldviews, and philosophy; and not to mention, being convenient than ever before, globalization, at the end, comes in both perspectives; negative and
Actually, the majority of people in the world “speak 1.69 languages- not high enough to conclude that the average person is bilingual” (source C). Having the ability to communicate in one language can help others communicate in everyday life from walking through town and shopping to making deals in business. Having a society that is monolingual can improve economies and relations throughout the world. Also, there was a survey in 2007 to determine the number of 5 year olds and older who spoke a language other than English at home. Out of the 280,950,438 people, 225,505,953 of them spoke only English at home (source E). This means that again 20% of people spoke a language other than English at home. English is a popular language, not just in English speaking countries, but also in countries that it is not the primary language. As the world changes, English becomes more and more of a necessity for society to communicate. As time progresses, English may be the only language needed to communicate more for people around the world. Through the globalization of the English language, its effects would greatly improve society by shortening time lost in language barriers and improve understandings of
Based on the number of people who use it as a language and its easy nature to learn, English is the best candidate as the global language, which should facilitate communication in the changing environment. This draws the line between English and other languages whose usage is predominant across Europe and parts of Asia. In terms of numbers and effectiveness in learning, English is more superior to other languages.
Culture has a power to overcome boundaries and even conquer distances by migrating and interfering in foreign cultures, and doing so it can lead to homogenization- where this main characteristic unifies culture making it global and model for everyone. First, as a definition, globalization implies deep and fast interconnection with global countries all around the world, and technological changes made that interconnection possible and created more support for a homogenizing
Even though there are advantages as well as disadvantages, the need for international language for communication, politics, economics and security is necessary and English is the best “language candidate” for that function. English is a language spread all over the world and it is used by millions and millions of speakers. According to my opinion, people should use English as a tool to communicate with all cultures but every country must keep their culture and language is a great part of it. In conclusion, language defines identity of a country and everyone should keep their language and explore others.