English to become world language

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English to become world language

Post by lolwhites » Thu Dec 09, 2004 10:42 am

I'm posting this here as it's the most active forum:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/4080401.stm
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Post by joshua2004 » Thu Dec 09, 2004 8:08 pm

Cool, thanks for the post. Now I know I want to learn Chinese and Arabic!
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Post by woodcutter » Thu Dec 09, 2004 10:53 pm

English is a world language. Spanish and Arabic are key languages. German is expanding in Asia. Chinese is important.

If I change a numer of mundane facts into the future tense (sic!) for the BBC, can I have a well-paid job too?
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