nguage are by far the richest (Table2). The economic power of these countries (most notably the United States) and the accompanying trend in using English for international business are strong reasons for none-native speakers to want to learn English. If one compares table 1 with table 2, it is notable that while the English language is only fourth in terms of the number of native speakers (Table 1), English-speaking countries come out well above all other countries in terms of economic strength (Table 2). Chinese drops from first to seventh, Hindi drops down from second to twelfth, and Spanish declines from third to fifth.
             Hutchinson and Waters (1992:6) also assert that "the end of Second World War in 1945 heralded an age of enormous and unprecedented expansion in scientific, technical and economic activity on an international scale. This expansion created a world unified and dominated by two forces- technology and commerce- which in their relentless progress soon generated a demand for an international language. For various reasons, most no
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