BECAUSE united states is tha country that management at world

The British Empire conquered 1/3 parts of the world. English was expected to be spoken in many countries across the world. For the same reason French and Spanish are also very popular. Think about how many countries speak Arabic as their first or second language in the Middle East. Because of this history and the recent success of western business English has been widely adopted for business, trade and economics. Also the internet is largely based in the USA (America) and knowing English allows a person to maximise (US var. maximize) the use of the internet. The world is beginnng to change. Many western countries offer relatively new courses in Asian languages. Japanese was popular in the UK and USA for a few years and now Mandarin / Standard Chinese is growing quickly in popularity. Most people learn a language for one of two purposes: 1. Business, and 2. Travelling As Asia becomes stronger economically and more attractive to tourists and travellers Asian languages will obviously become even more popular.

English had power and abused it.

To me and my friends. we all think that English is most simple language to learn compare with other languages heh.~

You learn the language of the countries you want to do business with. And back then, US, Britain, and Europe (where English is widely taught s a second language) were the place to do business.