Global
English
exists
____________________
a
political
and
cultural
reality
.
Many
misguided
theories
attempt
to
explain
why
the
English
language
should
have
succeeded
internationally
,
whilst
____________________
have
not
.
Is
it
because
there
is
something
inherently
logical
or
beautiful
about
the
structure
of
English
?
Does
its
simple
grammar
make
it
easy
to
learn
?
Such
ideas
are
misconceived
.
Latin
was
once
a
major
international
language
,
(
2
)
____________________
.
.
.
having
a
complicated
grammatical
structure
,
and
English
also
presents
learners
with
all
manner
of
real
difficulties
,
(
3
)
____________________
.
.
.
least
its
spelling
system
.
Ease
of
learning
,
therefore
,
has
little
to
do
with
it
.
(
4
)
____________________
.
.
.
all
,
children
learn
to
speak
their
mother
tongue
in
approximately
the
same
period
of
time
,
(
5
)
____________________
/
____________________
.
.
.
of
their
language
.
English
has
spread
not
(
6
)
____________________
.
.
.
much
for
linguistic
reasons
,
but
rather
because
it
has
often
found
(
7
)
____________________
.
.
.
in
the
right
place
,
at
the
right
time
.
Since
the
1960s
,
two
major
developments
have
contributed
to
strengthening
this
global
status
.
Firstly
,
in
a
number
of
countries
,
English
is
now
used
in
addition
to
national
or
regional
languages
.
As
well
as
this
,
an
electronic
revolution
has
taken
place
.
It
is
estimated
that
(
8
)
____________________
.
.
.
the
region
of
80%
of
worldwide
electronic
communication
is
now
in
English
.
