Another area where L1 use is often reduced is outside of the classroom environment. This has a lot to do when you go abroad on holiday. Every year the majority of families take at least one holiday abroad per year and they tend to go to countries where the language of the country that is spoken (Spanish) is different to that of the individuals L1 (English). A common occurrence that I am sure has happened to everyone at least once when abroad is when you try to speak to a shop keeper in their majority language of their country (in this instance it is Spanish), however, when they reply to your question they speak to you in English. This reaction to our spoken use of our L2 is one that has caused a considerable decline in the number of students who choose to continue to learn an additional language. This therefore makes us as majority English speakers question whether there is really any benefit to learning an additional language, if people from other countries are going to speak to us in English any way.
One negative implication of L1 English speakers who have no additional language(s) is that they are considered to be lazy, however, the decline of bilingualism in younger people is a result of English becoming a global lingua franca. This has therefore had a knock on effect causing people to reassess the value of having another language if there is never any chance of using it in an everyday situation or context.