NEB Class 12 · Past paper
The complete NEB Class 12 2070 exam paper for English, all 13 questions with solved model answers.
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In the minds of many people, there is no longer an issue. They argue that English has already become a world language, by virtue of the political and economic progress made by English-speaking nations in the past 200 years, and is likely to remain so, gradually consolidating its position.
An impressive variety of facts about usage support this view. According to conservative estimates, mother-tongue speakers have now reached around 300 million; a further 300 million use English as second language; and a further 100 million use it fluently as a foreign language. This is an increase of around 40% since the 1950s. More radical estimates, which include speakers with a lower level of language fluency and awareness, have suggested that the overall total is these days well in excess of 1,000 million. The variation results largely from a lack of precise data about English language use in such areas as the Indian sub-continent, where the historical impact of the language exercises a continuing influence on many of its 900 million people, and China, where there has been a burst of enthusiasm for English language studies in recent years, with over 100 million people watching the BBC television English series follow me. Even if only 10% of these learners become fluent, the effect on totals is dramatic; the number of foreign learners is immediately doubled.
Questions: a) Why is English becoming a world language? b) What is the estimated growth of English language? c) What is the influence of English in Indian-sub continent and China? d) What situations can 'immediately double' the number of foreign learners of English? e) Do you think the use of English is really increasing as the passage claims? Give reasons.
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