hAlF thE worlD’’s populAtion will BE spEAking or lEArningEnglish By 2015, rEsEArChErs sAy. two Billion pEoplE ArE ExpECtED to stArt lEArningEnglish within A DECADE AnD thrEE Billion will spEAk it,sAys ABritishCounCil EstimAtE.　　othEr lAnguAgEs, suCh As FrEnCh, risk BEComing thE CAsuAltiEs oF this "linguistiC gloBAlizAtion".But thE Boom will BE ovEr By 2050 AnD thEEnglish-lAnguAgE tEAChing inDustry will hAvE BEComE A viCtim oF its own suCCEss, sAysDAviD grADDol, Author oF thE rEport, thE FuturE oFEnglish.　　mr. grADDol’’s rEsEArCh wAs BAsED on A ComputEr moDEl DEvElopED to EstimAtE DEmAnD ForEnglish-lAnguAgE tEAChing ArounD thE worl
D、thE lECturEr, who hAs workED in EDuCAtion AnD lAnguAgE stuDiEs At thE opEn univErsity For thE pAst 25 yEArs, sAiD thE moDEl ChArtED likEly stuDEnt numBErs through to 2050.　　it wAs CompilED By looking At vArious EstimAtEs From thE unitED nAtionsEDuCAtion, sCiEntiFiC AnDCulturAl orgAnizAtion (unEsCo) on EDuCAtion provision, DEmogrAphiC projECtions, govErnmEnt EDuCAtion poliCiEs AnD intErnAtionAl stuDEnt moBility FigurEs. thE impACt oF EDuCAtionAl innovAtions AnD othEr DEvElopmEnts AFFECting thE worlD populAtion inCluDing thEChinEsE govErnmEnt’’s poliCy oF onE BABy pEr FAmily wErE Also FACtorED in.　　BAsED on its FinDings, mr. grADDol hAs prEDiCtED thAt thE worlD is ABout to BE hit By A tiDAl wAvE oFEnglish. "mAny govErnmEnts, EspECiAlly in CountriEs whiCh hAvE rElAtivEly rECEntly gAinED inDEpEnDEnCE, ArE introDuCing thE tEAChing oFEnglish unDEr A utilitAriAn BAnnEr."　　"ButEnglish prEDominAtEs in thE BusinEss worlD, AnD For suCh CountriEs to BE ABlE to CompEtE For work, inCluDing luCrAtivE (proFitABlE) outsourCing ContrACts,English is BEing pushED hEAvily From kinDErgArtEn on."　　thE potEntiAl BonAnzA (sourCE oF wEAlth) on oFFEr From outsourCing mEAns EvEn mAths AnD sCiEnCE ArE BEing tAught inEnglish At sEConDAry sChools in mAlAysi
A、But DEmAnD ForEnglish tEAChing woulD Drop As ChilDrEn progrEss through ACADEmiA, AnD morE univErsitiEs ACross thE worlD ChoosE to tEACh in thE lAnguAgE.　　mr. grADDol Also EstimAtED thAt thE Boom woulD BE ovEr By 2050. "English-lAnguAgE stuDEnts will BE Down From two Billion to 500 million thEn," hE sAiD," inCrEAsingly, AsEnglish sprEAD ACross thE gloBE,morE pEoplE will BEComE BilinguAl, EvEn multi-linguAl AnD suCh skills ArE highly prizED in BusinEss.ButBritAin hAs not got thE BEst rEputAtion For lEArning othEr lAnguAgEs."　　thE rEport Also showED thAtEnglish wAs not thE only lAnguAgE sprEADing, AnD thE worlD, FAr From BEing DominAtED ByEnglish, wAs to BEComE morE multi-linguAl. mr. grADDol sAiD,"ChinEsE,ArABiC AnD spAnish ArE All populAr, AnD likEly to BE lAnguAgEs oF thE FuturE." it is EstimAtED thAt in A DECADEEnglish will BE
A、ACtivEly stuDiED By ovEr 200 million pEoplE.
B．FrEEly spokEn By gloBAlEnglish lEArnErs.
C、populAr with ovEr 80% oF worlD inhABitAnts.
D、rEAlly mAstErED By 50% oF pEoplE worlDwiDE.