A.

Diaspora of English

English is the most widely spoken language in the world. There are some factors that
strengthen the status of English as a world language, the expansion of British colony; the
influence of the US as a superpower country; escalation of international communication
triggered by modern technology and the favour of English as lingua franca.

As the consequence of massive diaspora of English, the language has achieved a prestigious
status as an international language “used by native speakers of English and bilingual users of
English for cross cultural communication.”

The “Expanding Circle,” e.g.

China
Egypt
Indonesia
Israel
Japan
Korea
Nepal
Saudi Arabia
Taiwan
USSR
Zimbabwe

The “Outer Circle,” e.g.

Bangladesh
Ghana
India
Jamaica
Kenya
Malaysia
Nigeria
Pakistan
Philippines
Singapore
South Africa
Sri Lanka
Tanzania
Zambia

The “Inner Circle,”

USA
UK
Canada
Australia
New Zealand