Competition Analysis of Regional Language and English In The Globalization Era

Vika Fransisca (Institut Pendidikan dan Bahasa Invada Cirebon, Indonesia)
Nur Alifah (Institut Pendidikan dan Bahasa Invada Cirebon, Indonesia)
Irma Nuraeni Salsabila (Institut Pendidikan dan Bahasa Invada Cirebon, Indonesia)

Syntax Literate: Jurnal Ilmiah Indonesia
Jurnal Ilmiah Indonesia

Language is the main communication tool. Apart from being a means of communication, language also has a role as a community wealth that needs to be preserved, this role is the role of regional languages. The role of the English as a foreign language is as tool of communicating between people in the world. This study aims to increase knowledge about the competition of regional languages ​​and English in the era of globalization. Data collection was carried out using a literature review method and a qualitative approach. The results of the analysis show that the use of regional languages ​​has been shifted by English in this globalization era. This happens not only in urban communities but also in rural communities.