Презентация, доклад на тему English is the language of the world

English has official status.

So, people speak English not only in Great Britain and the United States. Britain has more than 56 million inhabitants who speak English as their native language. Altogether about 350 million people in the world speak English as their first language. It is an official language in more than 60 countries and it means that another 160 million people use English as their second language.

quarters of the world’s mail is in English. 85% of the information in computers in the world is in English too.

programming languages are based on English letters. Some words like “begin” and “end” are even taken from daily English vocabulary.

Also, many famous software companies have english and american origins. Some of them are avaiLable in different languages but a lot come only in english.

spread most rapidly among the other countries of the English-speaking world.

It is not surprisingly that the Web is dominated by English. Nowadays, about 85 percent of the text on the web pages is in English. There's no question that the proportion of English will remain disproportionately high for some time to come.

knows bbc .

The most watched channels in Britain are bbc one, itv1 and bbc two. these and some more American channels are shown in English all over the world.

a «global language». While English is not an official language in many countries, it is the language most often taught as a second language around the world. It is also, by international treaty, the official language for aircraft and airport communication. Its widespread acceptance as the first or second language is the main indication of its worldwide status.

because Britain and the United States are the biggest export markets in the world, but because English has become an international language.

Conan Doyle and O. Henry, Mark Twain and Jack London

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the number of people who speak it.
English is becoming the world`s first truly universal language. Millions of people speak English as a second language.

world!

lot of money!

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