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The world faces a future of people speaking more than one language, with
English no longer seen as likely to become dominant, a British language expert
says in a new analysis. "English is likely to remain one of the world's most
important languages for the foreseeable future, but its future is more
problematic-and complex-than most people appreciate," said language
researcher David Graddol (Schmid, pars. 1-2).
He sees English as likely to become the "first among equals" rather than
having the global field to itself (par. 3).... The share of the world's population
that speaks English as a native language is falling, Graddol reports i!J..a paper in
Friday's issue of the journal Science (par. 5).
"There is a distinct consciousness in many countries, both developed and
developing, about this dominance of English. There is some evidence of resistance
to it, a desire to change it" said [Scott] Montgomery [the author of another article
published in the same issue of Science]. For example, he said, in the early years
of the Internet it was dominated by sites in English, but in recent years there has
been a proliferation of non-English sites, especially Spanish, German, French,
Japanese, and others (pars. 19-20).
Nonetheless, English is strong as a second language, and teaching it has
become a growth industry, said Montgomery, a Seattle-based geologist and
energy consultant (par. 21).
Graddol noted, though, that employers in parts of Asia are already looking
beyond English. "In the next decade the new 'must learn' language is likely to
be Mandarin" (par. 22).
The world faces a future of people speaking more than one language, with
English no longer seen as likely to become dominant, a British language expert
says in a new analysis. "English is likely to remain one of the world's most
important languages for the foreseeable future, but its future is more
problematic-and complex-than most people appreciate," said language
researcher David Graddol (Schmid, pars. 1-2).
He sees English as likely to become the "first among equals" rather than
having the global field to itself (par. 3).... The share of the world's population
that speaks English as a native language is falling, Graddol reports i!J..a paper in
Friday's issue of the journal Science (par. 5).
"There is a distinct consciousness in many countries, both developed and
developing, about this dominance of English. There is some evidence of resistance
to it, a desire to change it" said [Scott] Montgomery [the author of another article
published in the same issue of Science]. For example, he said, in the early years
of the Internet it was dominated by sites in English, but in recent years there has
been a proliferation of non-English sites, especially Spanish, German, French,
Japanese, and others (pars. 19-20).
Nonetheless, English is strong as a second language, and teaching it has
become a growth industry, said Montgomery, a Seattle-based geologist and
energy consultant (par. 21).
Graddol noted, though, that employers in parts of Asia are already looking
beyond English. "In the next decade the new 'must learn' language is likely to
be Mandarin" (par. 22).