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The spread of world English (3 Uses and functions of English worldwide…
The spread of world English
1 Questions and problems
One language or many? How many dialects?
Problems of counting and population: India
Easy? Logical? Beautiful?
500 years ago, Ireland, Wales, and Scotland did not speak English.
Currently, English used in America, Canada, India, South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand (part first language, part L2).
The 1500 years ago, Angles (from Denmark) settled in Britain and dominated. England. At that moment, Ireland, Wales, and Scotland did not speak English.
Two predictions of English
3 Uses and functions of English worldwide
Numbers of different types of English speakers.
Domain
Second language in many countries (CHN, JPN...).
Post-colonial English
Uses and influences
Spoken by people in English-speaking countries
4 Reactions to the spread of English
The futures of English
A completely wrong analysis
Objections
The future