Meaningful Clippings! English as the Lingua Franca and the Economic Value of English!

Please refer to the points marked with little colourful stars. There are loads of articles about the importance of the English Language. Do a quick google search and you can surely find countless articles and sites emphasizing the Economic Value of the English Language and the need to have a good grasp of the English Language so as not to fall behind others in the globalised working world.

economic value

noun [ U ]

 UK ​ US ​ACCOUNTING, FINANCE

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the value of an asset calculatedaccording to its ability to produceincome in the future

above definition taken from: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/economic-value 

Example -- https://www.reuters.com/article/us-japan-companies-english/no-english-no-job-for-some-japanese-office-workers-idUSTRE6670P120100708

Additionally, here's WHAT GETTING THAT DEGREE MEANS. Please refer to original author as stated on the article itself. 

( Unfortunately, I do not know the dates of the top two clippings. They are from The Straits Times though. I am not the author for any of these articles. Please refer to the names of the original authors for all the clippings. No infringement of copyrights intended. Respectful sharing! :):) )