Will English retain, increase or lose its current global position?

... Title: Will English retain, increase or lose its current global position? Name: Sabrina Sardar Number of Words: 2552 Registration Number: 01149305 Two powerful countries, that are United States of America and United Kingdom speak English as a first language. It is the most dominant language in the world and has expanded from the British Empire and America's hegemonic power over the rest of the world to the unique technology (internet) that has been introduced by North-Americans (Crystal, 1995:106-107). English is spoken by many people. The approximate figure that speaks English either as a first language, a second language or learnt as a foreign language lies from 750 million to 1 billion people which is nearly a quarter of the world's population. The people's interest in learning the English language has increased to the extent that it has become the most important language. It is used for communication within the political sector as well as the

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