The future of English.
1. How long ago was the Act Of Union established, creating the United Kingdom? 2. What ‘twin forces’ meant that English was the language of old and new power? 3. With the rise of a more global economy in the 20th century English changed from being a language of imperium to being a language of ……………….. and ……………….. 4. Of the top ………………… companies ……………….. percent (%) have their headquarters in countries where English is the first language. Nine out of the top ten are based in either the ………….……. or the ………….……. 5. A report to the ……………….. government estimates the U.K. at least €……………….. billion per annum from the dominance of the ………………... 6. There are more English speakers in ………………… than in Britain and North America combined. 7. But as English has become a basic ……………….. around the world, the natural advantage of the ……………….. speaker has been whittled away. Nowadays, ……………….. companies can train native speakers in Belfast to become call-centre operatives. 8. In Europe the U.K has the highest number of citizens who speak no language than their ……………….. tongue. 9. China has become Sudan’s largest inward ……………….. and so it was decided that Mandarin should be used rather than English. 10. People’s relationships with ……………….., modernity, democracy, aid and ……………….. are mostly mediated through English. At the same time these ……………….. themselves are being renegotiated. Capitalism is giving way to ……………….., modernity to post-modernity, and our concepts of democracy, aid and education are being ……………….. accordingly.
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