English as a Global Language
and possible future perspectives within the context of increasingly globalized world. The
object is to investigate the premises of English being a single language in the world as well as
to consider potential consequences. the aim of this paper is to explore Estonian students’
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
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