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Download full textKaplan, Robert B. – 1998
This paper contends that the World War II settlements, the birth of the United Nations, the invention of the computer, and the geometric growth of science and technology, all occurring accidentally at the same time, created the conditions which made English an important language. The paper notes the financial incentives in servicing international…
Descriptors: Cultural Context, English, Foreign Countries, Foreign Students
