According to David Grattle, a British language expert,the idea that English will become the world language is outdated.And people are more likely to switch between two or more languages for routine communication in the future.(1)_______________________.Instead, English will play a growing role as a second language.A population speaking more than one language is already the case in much of the world and is becoming more common in the United States.(2)_______________________.Grattle works for British consulting and publishing business.He anticipates a world with the share of people who are native English speakers slips from 9% in the mid 1990s to 5% in 2050.Grattle says, “Up until 1995,English was the second most common native tongue in the world,trailing only Chinese.(3)_______________________.”In contrast, an American language expert,David Harrison noted that the global share of English is much larger if you count second language speakers,and will continue to rise even as the proportion of native speakers declines.Harrison disputed listing Arabic in the top three languages because varieties of Arabic spoken in such countries as Egypt and Morocco are mutually incomprehensible.
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作者: susan.sui 时间: 2014-8-1 15:07
the share of the world's population that speaks English as a native language is falling
indeed the census bureau reported last year that nearly one American in five speaks a language other than English at home with Spanish taking the lead , followed by chinese.
by 2050 chinese will continue its predominance with hindi woodoo of India, Arabic climbing past English and Spanish nearly equal to it作者: laura6688 时间: 2014-8-7 14:21
the share of the world's population that speaks English as a native language is falling
indeed the census bureau reported last year that nearly one American in five speaks a language other than English at home with Spanish taking the lead , followed by chinese.
by 2050 chinese will continue its predominance with hindi woodoo of India, Arabic climbing past English and Spanish nearly equal to it作者: herman_liu76 时间: 2014-8-9 13:00
the share of world populations that speak English as a native language is falling.
Indeed. the sencers braoru reported last year that nearly one American in five speaks a language other than English at home with spainis taking the lead.followed by chinese.
by 2015, Chinese will contiue it's prodominats with HandOdu of Indie and Arab climbing past English and Spanish nearly equal to it.
