The+Spread+of+English



**THE SPREAD OF ENGLISH ** The cross-cultural spread of English is unprecedented in other ways. It is more widely used than any of the other colonial languages like French, Portuguese or Spanish. It even has a wider use than some of the languages associated with international non-Western religious traditions, like Arabic or Sanskrit. In countries like India and Nigeria, English is used at all levels of society: in local English- language newspapers and broadcasting, in public administration, in university education, in the major industries, the courts and the civil service. Indeed, with nearly 200 languages, India needs English to unify the country. Professor Lal, a champion of Indian English, who runs a well-known writers’ workshop, claims that in simple numerical terms, in a country of 840 million, ‘more Indians speak English and write English than in England itself ... You know what Malcolm Muggeridge said: “The last Englishman left will be an Indian.” **QUESTIONS ** a. Why is English more important than other colonial languages? b. Why is English so important in India? a. Professor Lal manages a writers’ workshop in India. b. Malcom Muggeridge said that Indians are left-handed. States (v): Higher education: //a. something normal. // //b. absolutely unusual. // //c. quite uncertain. // //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">a. as frequent as other colonial languages. // //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">b. less frequent than other colonial languages. // //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">c. more frequent than other colonial languages. // //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">a. has a general use. // //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">b. is used only in the streets. // //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">c. is used by newspapers and the people who read it. // //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">a. has fewer English speakers than Great Britain. // //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">b. has 840 different languages. // //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">c. has more English speakers than Great Britain. //
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 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">4. Choose //a//, //b// or //c// in each question below. Only one choice is correct. **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">1. The way English is spreading is **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">2. The use of English is **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">3. In India and Nigeria, English **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">4. India **