47 1 A world of English WRITING 43 The future of Icelandic These questions are not answered in the text: So what will the widespread use of English mean for the smaller, native languages in the world? Will they disappear? Icelandic is a language with few speakers. What do you think will happen to the Icelandic language in the future? Write one paragraph to reflect. 44 Reflect on language English is the leading lingua franca today, but the popularity of languages changes over time. Can you think of other languages that have been or are global lingua francas, or might be in the future? A Babel fish Hæfniviðmið • Skrifað um skoðanir sínar, tilfinningar, reynslu og þekkingu með fjölbreyttum orðaforða.
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