**3. Globalisation as a framework and driving factor for multilingualism**

Multilingualism has spread over the world to the point where it now covers the entire planet. Even countries that were formerly assumed to be exclusively monolingual, such as Japan and Iceland, are now seeing an influx of languages and multilingual speakers. Multilingualism is widespread today, and it is a part of practically every human activity. In late postmodern times, multilingualism has steadily evolved into a phenomenon of vital importance in terms of its role in and impact on human civilisation. It is necessary for modern society's progress and survival [15].

What has caused such fundamental shifts in how people use their languages around the world? The term "globalisation" is widely used in this context, and present multilingualism is linked to basic globalisation dynamics including mobility, diversity, and technological innovation. These ideas were hotly debated in the late twentieth century and are frequently referred to as being unique to more modern times.

Many social processes and events that we consider to be fresh have, in reality, experienced transformations over time. The journey of Christopher Columbus to the New World in 1492 is regarded to be the beginning of globalisation. As a result, it's critical to comprehend how today's technology breakthroughs, as well as mobility, diversity, and complexity, play a role in the reality of multilingualism.

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Mobility is one of the qualities linked to modern multilingualism's diversity. Scholars, on the other hand, contend that people have always been mobile. Human language existed before our species' globe journeys, according to a new anthropological research. 'When humans first arrived in Australia, people brought language with them, having used it during their migration and following their fortuitous settlement on the continent,' Barnard [16] writes ([16]: 134). Pilgrims, monks, and roving troops, as well as carriages moving families and their goods from villages to towns and back, packed Europe's highways during the Middle Ages. Al Aqad [17], shows how improved language skills in the classrooms allowed students to speak freely, resulting in large improvement gains in some classes. Large-scale exchanges of people, products, and ideas across Europe are also documented in early modern history (see, for example, [18, 19]).
