What people use English
for
The British Council says "English
is the main language of books, newspapers, airports and air-traffic
control, international business and academic conferences, science,
technology, diplomacy, sport, international competitions, pop music and
advertising.
Over two-thirds of the
world's scientists read in English. Three quarters of the world's mail
is written in English. Eighty per cent of the world's
electronically stored information is in English. Of the estimated
forty million users of the Internet, some eighty per cent communicate in
English, but this is expected to decrease to forty per cent as speakers
of other languages get online."
English Language - History/ Classification and related
languages/Geographic distribution/Dialects and regional variants/ Major
regional variations and much more in
Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Debate: The European Lesson - Macmillan/Guardian
Weekly Global English Debate
Language, identity, and the Internet - Mark
Warschauer
