ENGLISH AS A WORLD LANGUAGE ♻

official language:

England

The growth of English:

second official language:

India

Sri Lanka

Phillipines

Bangladesh

North America

New Zealand

Australia

Jamaica

Bahamas

South Africa

Guyana

Pakistan

Ethiopia

Kenya

Zimbabwe

English today:

English as communication: ✏ 👥

North America : European settlers spoke English and this secured the spread of English throughout the whole continent

Caribbean: Europeans traded and later colonised many of the Caribbean Islands; Bahamas, Bermuda, Jamaica.

Australia: Captain James Cook claimed Australia in 1770. British colonies were established because of the lack of space for prisoners.

New Zealand: became a british colony in 1841

India: The brits came to India in early 1600s to trade tea, cotton, silk and spices. Gradually Britain took control over the country and became an official colony in 1858

Africa: slaves were the "commodity" that first attracted the british traders. 1900--britain controlled nearly 30% of Africas population

official language in 52 countries

international relations

1/4 to 1/3 of the people in the world understand and speak english to some degree.

The "company" english

companies use English for written and spoken communication involving people of different origins.

Electronic communication

the interenet was first created in the USA.

music, film , TV and enternainment.

Science

The English language varies.

in addition to local and regional dialects.

spelling differences, pronounciation, vocubalry

more than 350 million people use English as their first language

80% of the information stored in computers is in English