Paper 4 Section A
Being one of the most highly influential languages of this day and age, English has grown a global standing among hundreds of other languages. According to the World Economic Forum, 1.5 billion people speak the English language. But, despite this overwhelmingly large number of English speakers, the article that we are presented with brings this standing into question. 'Can English remain the 'world's favorite' language?' Of course, there are many theories supporting both sides of the argument. One of the main things that are brought up in the article is English's standing as the world's lingua franca. Lingua Franca means the default language that people use when they can not understand each other in their native tongue. The reason that this is brought into question is the creation of translation technology and the implementation of it on almost all software across the internet. Viewing Kachru’s concentric circles, most English speakers fall into the outer a
