The Role of Bilingualism in Communication and Understanding among Communities

Abstract

The main of this study is to investigate role of bilingualism in communication and understanding among speakers. The study explain the problematic areas of being a monolingual in a world of globalization and to identify the effects of bilingualism in developing the individuals' awareness about the different societies., The researcher adopted the qualitative descriptive approach by using Statistical Package of Social Science (SPSS) method of analysis to analyze the questionnaire submitted to the respondents at Sudan University of Science and Technology. The sample of the study wasselected randomly. The study found that bilingualism has a clear and vital role in communicating and expressing the thoughts of one speaker to the other and create a form of understanding among different nations. For the above findings, the researcher recommended the students to pay much attention to learning a second language to cope with the act of globalization and interact with other speakers effectively. Suggestions for future studies should be include. The study is concluded with some suggestions for future studies.