COMMUNICATION SKILLS FOR ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AND CAREER DEVELOPMENT: ENGLISH AS THE GLOBAL LANGUAGE OF COMMUNICATION

The linguistic properties facilitate of expression based upon the cultural and politico-social reasons English have become the Global Language of Communication. The cultural and political domination of the British over the large parts of the globe made this possible and inevitable too. The literary treasure of English and the flexibility of the language in coexisting with the several other western languages also have helped it a lot in becoming the Global Language.The most important reason for English to develop into a universal language is its colonial spread in many parts of the globe on both sides plus the cultural and civilized attraction and influence the British could spread wherever they established their colonies. This political advantage of the British has mainly instrumental in making English a universal language. Unless they too develop their communication skills in English, they realized that they would become backward in every respect particularly as far as their socio-political and civilization advancements are concerned. So, to avoid such a situation every sensible nation made it a point that the communication skills in English are but to be made a part of their academic and intellectual progress. Because of this particular realization, the communication skills in the English language have become a hallmark of modern intellectual excellence and professional proficiency.In summary, the English language with all its historic significance, modern-day importance in several ways of social, economic, linguistic, political and even cultural spheres of modern human life has proved its worth as a language of global communication which unless is recognized, followed and practiced by all the other linguistic groups and nations they would lag behind in all-round development and paced advancement in every field of human activity. Particularly it would be a loss for them in the case of their intellectual, academic and professional advancement without which they cannot firmly get a hold as individual nations in the comity of advanced nations.Communication in the modern world has become the key for global contact. English has attained a pivotal role in global communication. Without English as the language of global communication, the world would once again go back to the days of fragmented pieces of unconnected nations, in the medieval perio