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Source:Variousparagraphsofa newsarticlewrittenbyRandolphE.Schmid.It
waspublishedonlinebytheAssociatedPressonFebruary26,2004.Thetitleof
thearticleis"ShareofpeoplewhoarenativeEnglishspeakersdeclining."The
articleis 25 paragraphslong.TheWebsiteaddressis<http://pqasb.pqarchiver.
com/apIS71281251.html?did=571281251&FMT=ABS&FMTS=FT&date=Feb+
26%2C+2004&author=RANDOLPH+E.+SCHMID&desc=Share+of+people+
who+are+native+English+speakers+declining.

Theworldfacesa futureofpeoplespeakingmorethanonelanguage,with

Englishnolongerseenaslikelytobecomedominant,a Britishlanguageexpert

saysina newanalysis."Englishis likelytoremainoneoftheworld'smost

importantlanguagesfortheforeseeablefuture,butitsfutureis more

problematic-andcomplex-thanmostpeopleappreciate,"saidlanguage

researcherDavidGraddol(Schmid,pars.1-2).

HeseesEnglishaslikelytobecomethe"firstamongequals"ratherthan

havingtheglobalfieldtoitself(par.3)....Theshareoftheworld'spopulation

thatspeaksEnglishasa nativelanguageisfalling,Graddolreportsi!J..apaperin

Friday'sissueofthejournalScience(par.5).

"Thereisa distinctconsciousnessinmanycountries,bothdevelopedand

developing,aboutthisdominanceofEnglish.Thereissomeevidenceofresistance

toit, a desiretochangeit"said[Scott]Montgomery[theauthorofanotherarticle

publishedinthesameissueofScience].Forexample,hesaid,intheearlyyears

oftheInternetitwasdominatedbysitesinEnglish,butinrecentyearstherehas

beena proliferationofnon-Englishsites,especiallySpanish,German,French,

Japanese,andothers(pars.19-20).

Nonetheless,Englishis strongasa secondlanguage,andteachingit has

becomea growthindustry,saidMontgomery,a Seattle-basedgeologistand

energyconsultant(par.21).

Graddolnoted,though,thatemployersinpartsofAsiaarealreadylooking

beyondEnglish."Inthenextdecadethenew'mustlearn'languageislikelyto

beMandarin"(par.22).

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