【Englishiscurrentlyoneofthemostwidelyspokenandwrittenlanguagesworldwidewithsome380millionnativespeakerswholiveintheUKtheUSAAustraliaNewZealandSouthAfricaandothercountries.Itisspokenasanofficiallan】
Englishiscurrentlyoneofthemostwidelyspokenandwrittenlanguagesworldwidewithsome380millionnativespeakerswholiveintheUKtheUSAAustraliaNewZealandSouthAfricaandothercountries.ItisspokenasanofficiallanguageorsecondlanguageincountriessuchasIndiaandNigeria.InthesecountriesEnglishisthelanguageofthegovernmentnewspapersradiosandTVstations.BesidesitisoneoftheworkinglanguagesoftheUNaswell.
AndtherearesomeotherfactsaboutEnglishyoumightbeinterestedinknowing.
Over700millionpeoplespeakEnglishasaforeignlanguage.
Didyouknowthatofalltheworld'slanguages(over2700)Englishistherichestinvocabulary;andthattheOxfordEnglishDictionarylistsabout500000words
Fiveofthelargestbroadcastingcompaniesintheworld(CBSNBCABCBBCandCBC)broadcastinEnglishreachingmillionsandmillionsofpeopleallovertheworld.
Itissaidthatover90percentofInternetwebpagesandover80percentoftheworld’semailsareinEnglish.
Asaforeignlanguageitislearntinalmostallnon-Englishspeakingcountries.InChinaforexampleitisnotjuststudentswholearnEnglishbutalsomanyadults.
AlthoughtherearesomedifferencesbetweentheEnglishspokenindifferentcountriespeoplefromthesecountriesusuallyhavenoproblemscommunicatingwitheachother.
Englishisoneofthemostwidely 小题1: languages.
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Ontheradioonthewebpageandin 小题3:
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With500000wordsinOxfordEnglishDictionary
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Despitethe 小题5: thatexistpeoplehavenodifficultyincommunicating.