Chinese, Spoken by About 1

question 16

Multiple Choice

Chinese, spoken by about 1.3 million people, is the most common native language in the world. At the same time, many Chinese students are sent abroad to English-speaking countries to learn English. Why do these students learn English at all?

• A) The Chinese government seeks to develop more Chinese-language universities and centers abroad.
• B) English is spoken by nearly 95 percent of the world's population.
• C) English is the dominant spoken language worldwide and is central in education and technology.
• D) The production of global media like radio and television is extremely difficult to accomplish using written Chinese.

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Definitions:

Unconscious Processing

Mental processes not directly accessible to consciousness but that influence judgments, feelings, or behavior.

Medical Decision-Making

The process of making informed choices related to health care, involving the assessment of available options, risks, and benefits, often in the context of patient-physician interaction.

Conscious Processing

The mental activities of which an individual is aware and which are under deliberate, voluntary control.

Intuition

The ability to understand or know something immediately, without the need for conscious reasoning.