Author(s)

Yujie Shao

Corresponding Author

Yujie Shao

Abstract

This paper mainly discusses and compares the general situation of the UK’s and Germany’s overseas language promotion, their promotion policies and institutions, and the promotion of English and German in China. It finds out that English has been promoted in a much larger scale than that of German, and has become the generally recognized global language, while German is striving to become the second foreign language in many countries. The spread of English has also been more active than that of German. The promotion of these two languages in China also follows this trend. In the future, the overheated development of English education in China may slow down gradually, and German may develop slowly.

Keywords

Language Promotion, English, German, China