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English is the most commonly spoken language in the world. One out of five people
can speak or at least understand English!
In the last century, the number of scientific papers written in English has started to
outweigh the number of papers written in the native language of the researcher. In
the Netherlands, for example, the ratio is a surprising 40 to 1. For this reason, having
a knowledge of English is incredibly important to those working in the scientific field.
English is a particularly important language online with more than half the content on
the internet written in English. As well as this, some of the world’s largest tech
companies are based in English speaking countries.
Imagine you’re a Spanish person on holiday in Thailand, while your hotel receptionist
might not be able to answer your question in Spanish, it’s likely they will be able to
answer your question in English.