This report by the British Council http://www.britishcouncil.org/learning-research-english-next.pdf has interesting stuff on the market for English language material worldwide, as well as useful material on the globalisation of universities - see pages 90-92.
For students in Continental Europe, there's clear evidence that English is on the ascent (unlike English elsewhere, which is facing challenges from Mandarin, Hindi, Spanish and Arabic).
Monday, 27 April 2009
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