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This conceptualization of world Englishes is a socially realistic approach to the observed global spread and functions of English within the Three Circles model (Kachru, 1985: 12â13).
English is the first choice of foreign language in most other countries of the world, and it is that status that has given it the position of a global lingua franca. It is estimated that a third of the worldâs population, some two billion persons, now use English.