English as a Global Language
attitude to English being the world language. The purpose is to increase the authors’ and
fellow students’ awareness of the latest linguistinc tendences in order to develop their
understanding of the importance of learning languages, English in particular.
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The theoretical part of the study relies upon the works of such scholars as David
Cristal, Luke Mastin, David Graddol, etc. For the practical part, a survey has been
conducted among the students of the 10th, 11th, 12th forms of Tallinn Mustamäe Gymnasium of
the Humanities and other schools . The answers of 105 students to 23 questions of the survey
have been analyzed,
Analytical, statistical and descriptive methods of the study have been used.
The paper is divided into an introduction, two chapters, followed by a conclusion,
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