there are a lot of other things that could be useful to let the children learn at school for their future lives as adults, we have to make realistic demands on school -> so: British should learn another language + easier to acquire when young forcing children to learn a lgg is not always successful -> example: Japan where English is universally taught (ask the way and you'll see = not every Japanese is comprehensible, let alone proficient, in English.) if they learn a foreign lgg they might also get interested in foreign cultures ok there is globalisation but not everyone speaks English yet -> if brits learn a foreign lgg, they would be able to talk to a lot more people (the text gives lots of examples of why the knowledge of a foreign lgg can be useful) lots of advantages if you speak a foreign lgg British government decided that kids between 14 and 16 years old aren't required to learn a foreugn lgg anymore. Text is written with a lot of irony and jocular tone: the author makes fun at the lack of lgg skills and cultural knowledge of the Brits English speaking have access to lots of ideas but they have a lack of interest = parochialsm The English don't want to dominate an European debate. Thanks to English there has been a pan-European space cor political debate that has been created -> English is an instrument Political reason: European politicians feared that use of English would lead to dominance of Anglo-saxon thinking -> not true: people are learning more English at the expenses of German and French (where learnt quite a lot before) -> not good for native English speakers: Frustration: some good articles, not written in English will not reach as much people as the articles in English Idealism: a political dream ("demos" = population of an ancient Greek state, considered a political entity, the common people)ġ) calling card when pitching to international advertisersĢ) helpful to journalists seeking interviews with world leaders The bosses of these newspapers want to be more visible in English all over Europe. English-lgg publications aimed at expatriates and tourists have been very common for years BUT now it also involves established national newspapers. European press: more and more heavyweight publications launching English-language websites, offering translated news stories and opinion pieces P2: European effort to resist the rise of English has reached the same point as the sand walls = they collapsed First paragraph: building sand-walls near the shoreline in the face of the rising tide
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