IRRELEVANCE OF NATIVE SPEAKERS: Native-speaker norms are becoming less relevant as English becomes a component of basic education in many countries

THE DOOM OF MONOLINGUALISM: Monolingual English speakers face a bleak economic future

RETRAINING NEEDED FOR ENGLISH SPECIALISTS: Specialist English teachers will need to acquire additional skills as English is less often taught as a subject on its own

THE END OF “ENGLISH AS FOREIGN LANGUAGE”: Recent developments in English language teaching mark a shift away from conventional EFL models