Wednesday, 10 March 2004

'In the future ... most people will speak more than one language and will switch between languages for routine tasks. Monolingual English speakers may find it difficult to fully participate in a multilingual society. "Native English speakers—particularly monolingual ones—have been too complacent about the status of their language and the lack of need to learn other languages."' From a National Geographic article on the future of language.

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