English as the lingua franca of the world?

I langsvarsoppgaven drøfter jeg hvorvidt Engelsk vil fortsette utviklingen, og bli det eneste språket på jorda.

"English is the lingua franca of the world. A third of the world's population is trying to learn English, which estimates a range from 1000-2000 million people. Why is this such a popular language? As much as 500-1000 million speakers of English lives in countries where English plays no historical role, but is used as a foreign language, and the numbers of persons are gradually increasing. Has the English language come to stay?"

Engelsk tentamen 2010