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Great talk, thanks :)

English still the top major languages nowadays, then only followed by chinese, spanish $ arabic.

Thanks, good post!

Good work ;)

i reading the comments re chinese or english the language of the future?? Sureley 100% it will be English, the language is spoke in many more different countries than any other ?

The most popular language is English. In this computer age, English is the only language that any one can understand. So to say, it has become as an ideal language for expressing our feelings and it is also the means of interaction with a lot of people all across the globe. Without it we could not communicate in easier way and it would cause great problems .

English is always a means of bridge to there countries considering that it is a universal language and people tend to adapt it since it is accepted language wherever you go. It's the easiest way to learn and people tend to know a bit of this language so it won't be hard for them to interact with many people if they are going to used this medium.

English!! At least England is still exporting something!

Very interesting .

Thanks

Great interview, thanks for information.

If not for English I couldn't imagine what life would be in this world. Language holds people closer and make them apart as well. If not for English which serves as mediator in different area and locations then people will remain unattached and would not be able to develop in a long run. English is very helpful in terms of development of nations and promoting relationship to people.

English is a bridge among nations and it is very important mediator in removing barriers among people. As what people knows English play a major part in development of nations and make people getting closer and understand each other well.

English has brought the world closer.

cool , thanks for that. i really like this interview

Good stuff, interesting who would be willing to sacrifice their contemporary cultures for this unparalleled effort?

Great interview, English is becoming increasingly popular due to the fact that it being developed everyday and new terms are introduced likewise.

Very interesting interview, raised some good points.

Thanks for the interview. I think English and Chinese will be the language of the future and a both are important for business.

It is a common debate as to whether English or Chinese will be the language of the future. All i can say is that i hope that it remains english for my generation.

American cultural magic to sustain it and that magic emanates from the power and magical structures of the English language-with its cultural baggage running from Shakespeare to Harry Potter.

English! English! Its the language of business.

thanks for the interview

English now rules all other languages

From Lord Truth 18th Jan 2008

Not entirely uninteresting especially for the way the female threw evil enticing lifelines for Graddol to use to go through the usual trashing the Brits game-which I must say Graddol either innocently didnt notice or deliberately ignored -though there were a few remarks about learners not wanting the cultural baggage that comes with English

Its true that English is learned for the most simplistically practical reasons by people at the lowest levels of for example the construction industries of the world but it is dangerous to imagine that behind even these levels is not the sense of power
and magic that English presents.
For three hundred and fifty years the people of a tiny island ruled the world-created its institutions of law science and commerce -then one of the nations they had created and that had broken away took over-then after world wars and devastation an economic commercial and cultural resugence occured in the mother country.How was all this all possible? We can read the histories but where is the secret in all this-and people look for the secret in the language
The Chinese and Indians know that for whatever reason the world runs on British and American cultural magic to sustain it and that magic emanates from the power and magical structures of the English language-with its cultural baggage running from Shakespeare to Harry Potter.
It is that mysterious cultural baggage that sustains the magic of English despite Graddols 'Uni' minded sneer.

P.S -British Council operatives are usually in MI6 -Graddol, with those cold hard emotionless eyes must surely be a quite senior officer

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