Individuals can do nothing to change society. Any new developments can only be brought about by governments and large institutions. How far do you agree or disagree? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge.

This

pie chart illustrates the percentage of the used online languages by the end of 2001. The table describes the

number

of people being online each year from 1997 to 2001. In general, English was the most popular language that was used in the Internet in December, 2001. The percentage of the world’s

population

who was online reached the highest level in 2000. The

number

of the English users made up 43 % of the total, which was approximately 20 times more than the Dutch language users. The Japanese and Chinese languages respectively occupied the

second

and

third

places with figures

at

Suggestion

in

of

8.9 % and 8.8 %. German, Spanish, Korean, Italian, French and Portuguese collectively made up 27, 6 % and each of them were lower than 7 %. It can be clear that the

number

of people who was online had been increasing gradually for five years. The observed period accounts for a small part of

population

. The highest percentage of

global

Suggestion

the global population

population

who was online was 60 % in August, 2000. In the meantime, the highest

number

of people who were online was 513 million in August, 2001, made up 8.4 % of global

population

.

This

indicator is 6.6% more than that in November, 1997.