English Language in India

This book takes the reader on a journeythat includes an impressive account ofthe extent of English language usage inIndia before expanding to a broader viewof English as the Lingua Franca due to itspotential as the language of internationalcommunication. The growing use of English in India is not an uncontestedspace, due to concomitant concernsabout the possibility of languages anddialects dying out in response. This aspect has not been shied away from inthe book, with the author tackling theissue by consoling readers that ';the sheernumber of speakers of India's nativelanguages more or less ensures that theydo not face extinction' The most important one in the book in terms of providing insights into tensions associated with the range of possible future directions for the use of the English language in India. The purpose of this book has been to prove how this massive foreign language growth has evolved and what factors and issues have influenced and affected this transformation. The global spread of English may also be associated with decreased use of endangered languages. The future of English is in the hands of countries outside the core of Anglophone group. Is English going to be learnt for ever or not is an unanswerable question that only time will answer.