For example, he said, in the early years of the Internet it was dominated by sites in English, but in recent years there has been a proliferation of non-English sites, especially Spanish, German, French, Japanese, and others (pars. 19 – 20).
Nonetheless, English is strong as a second language, and teaching it has become a growth industry, said Montgomery, a Seattle-based geologist and energy consultant (par. 21)
Graddol noted, though, that employers in parts of Asia are already looking beyond English. “ In the next decade the new ‘must learn’ language is likely to be Mandarin” (par. 22)