BRAIN STORMING

Used in offices schools spoken

everywhere

Has been official language

Forefathers
gave
importance to English

less

Historical Overview

Totally
dependable
on English

ENGLISH- A STATUS SYMBOL

English necessary for
a job

Mother tongue
important

not

Status Quo

Inferiority complex

Mental Slavery

PARAGRAPH OUTLINE

Topic Sentence: English as defining language

and as a distort language
Supporting idea: Historical usage
Used as an official language
Used in schools and offices
Necessary for a job
Supporting idea: Inferiority complex
Mother tongue not given importance
Mental slavery
Status quo

ROUGH DRAFT
English - A status symbol
Historically, our society has always pertinaciously shunned any attempt to
change its lifestyle. That's why Sir Syed Ahmed Khan faced a lot of scorn and
contempt when beginning his movement to educate the masses. Fast forward a
hundred years later, English is the official language of Pakistan. It's used in
offices, taught in schools and is spoken everywhere. Sir Syed's dream come
true? Not quite. Our people like adopting trends that dispel their inferiority
complexes; at least in their opinion. English has become a status symbol and
even our messed up chauvinism can't get us to talk in Urdu, the language we
should be using. Speaking English in foreign, often fake, accents has become
increasingly popular among the youth. Theres no denying that English is an
important language and is essential for any potential job but that is no excuse to
stop conversing in our native lingo. How many times have you seen the Chinese
President speak in English? He's proud of his language and he's not afraid to
show it to the world. Urdu is an evanescent language; rapidly deteriorating. It's
time we stop conforming to our society's rules and change the status quo. It's
time we start showing a little respect to the languages of our forefathers.
Speaking English, just to appear "cultured", is idiotic. At the end of the day, its
our perspective on life that determines what we speak. Be proficient in English
but don't be a mental slave. Break free.

FINAL DRAFT
ENGLISH - A STATUS SYMBOL
Historically, our society has always pertinaciously shunned any attempt to
change its lifestyle. Thats why Sir Syed Ahmed Khan faced a lot of scorn and
contempt when beginning his movement to educate the masses. Fast forward a
hundred years later, English is the official language of Pakistan. Its used in
offices, taught in schools and is spoken everywhere. Sir Syeds dream come
true? Not quite. Our people like adopting trends that dispel their inferiority
complexes; at least in their opinion. English has become a status symbol and
ever our messed up chauvinism cant get us to talk in Urdu (Our mother
language). There is no denying that English is an important language and is
essential for any potential job but that is no excuse to stop conversing in our
native language. Its time we stop conforming to our societys rules and change
the status quo. Its time we start showing a little respect to the languages of our
forefathers. Speaking English, just to appear cultured is unwise. At the end of
the day, its our perspective of life that determines what we speak. Be proficient
in English but dont be a mental slave. Break free.
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