tailieunhanh - The Future of English?

This book is about the English language in the 21st century: about who will speak it and for what purposes. It is a practical brie ng document, written for educationists, politicians, managers indeed any decision maker or planning team with a professional interest in the development of English worldwide. The Future of English? takes stock of the present, apparently unassailable, position of English in the world and asks whether we can expect its status to remain unchanged during the coming decades of unprecedented social and economic global change. | ooeooe óèóẽóẽó 0099900 9999999 0099900 óèóẽóẽó 9009009 The British Council The Future of English A guide to forecasting the popularity of the English language in the 21st century David Graddol First published 1997 The British Council 1997 2000 All Rights Reserved This digital edition created by The English Company UK Ltd David Graddol hereby asserts and gives notice of his right under section 77 of the UK Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 to be identified as the author of this work. What is this book about This book is about the English language in the 21st century about who will speak it and for what purposes. It is a practical briefing document written for educationists politicians managers indeed any decision maker or planning team with a professional interest in the development of English worldwide. The Future of English takes stock of the present apparently unassailable position of English in the world and asks whether we can expect its status to remain unchanged during the coming decades of unprecedented social and economic global change. The book explores the possible long-term impact on English of developments in communications technology growing economic globalisation and major demographic shifts. The Future of English examines the complex mix of material and cultural trends which will shape the global destiny of the English language and concludes that the future is more complex and less predictable than has usually been assumed. The book has been commissioned by the British Council to complement the many texts already available about the teaching and learning of English the history and development of English and the diversity of forms of English worldwide. It is intended to stimulate constructive debate about the future status of English which can inform policy developments both in the British Council and other organisations concerned with the promotion of English language teaching and learning. The book is divided into five main sections each .