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