The emergence of English as a Lingua Franca has been an beneficial phenomenon for both native and non-native English speakers

<正>Nowadays there are more than two billion English speakers all over the world and the emergence of English as a lingua franca has been of great help to the whole world’s development.According to Crystal(2003:10),there are two main factors contribute to English developing into a lingua franca—British imperialism and the USA’s fast economy growth in nineteenth century which is a period full of explosion of international activities.Lingua franca can be defined as a language that is