In addition, a large number of adults are learning English in the workplace or in their free time

Already, there are almost 180 million learners of English in the formal education system in China, and that number continues to rise

Within a decade nearly a third of the world population will all be trying to learn English at the same time

English ceases to be a foreign language

It becomes repositioned as a “basic skill”, to be learned by primary school children alongside other 21st century skills in Information Technology

In future, monolingual English-speaking graduates will find it difficult to compete, even in their own countries, with job applicants from other countries who speak several languages - including English - fluently