Engelsk som globalt forretningssprog

The text is written by Forbs, on October 26, 2012, and is about how the English language is evolving, from a stage where it is only the privileged that knew how to speak the language, to a stage where it is way more common to speak English. The text tells about how large and powerful countries like China is teaching English because it is a necessary skill to have, if you want succus as a businessman/woman.The text shows many different studies where it has come to light that “Women speak better English than men - in almost every country worldwide”, and that is because of the fact that women are attending college and the humanities classes, witch summed up will result in a better position to succeed in the global economy.A different study is about how “International sectors use English, and local sectors don’t”. And that is all about how big companies like Nokia and SAP uses English as their official language and small retail-stores don’t.The last study is about “European countries speak great English, Asian countries are in the middle and everyone else lags” and is about how good different countries are at English.

There are a lot of positive things about the English language as a Lingua Franca.