In the 15th century England started to establish overseas colonies. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. By the end of the 18th century the British Empire had grown quite extensive. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… The British Empire had colonies in India, Africa, the Carribeans, Middle East and North America. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………. In 1922 the British Empire covered almost half of the earth and about 1/5 of the world’s population. ………………………………………………………………………………………………… By the time of the First World War the British Empire had become a strong economic power. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… After the Second World War advertisement and technology gave rise to mass communication and media American movies, TV, music spread all over the world. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Today, over 96% of all articles in magazines are written in English. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. In the Internet most people communicate in English. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Everybody in the world speak English very well. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. English will be the International language forever. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Chinese will hardly ever become the next International language in the nearest future. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..