The pie chart given below shows the number of countries where English is the native language. Keeping this in mind, reflect on the need to learn English as a second language for those who are not native English speakers. Analyzing the given data write a paragraph in
about 100-120 words on “English- a Global Language”.
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Explanation:
English as a World Language
The English language is the most popular language in the world. This is because of many reasons which include the that fact that it is the international language which is used between states. In many countries located in Asia children begin For some time people thought that artificial languages could be used however a total of 650 languages have been tried and also failed. Esperanto was the most successful language from amongst these (Wikipedia, 2011). There was a though at one point that the language could would become global however this was not the case. On the other hand English has gained popularity and millions of people across the world speak it because of many reasons. These include listening to music, literature, gaining social status, improve job possibility. It is also used on internationally for many reasons, this is includes pilots and air traffic control, international policing, court cases etc. People also use English when on holiday as a second language even when they go to countries that have a different first language. Entertainment is also an important area because four or five songs from the top ten of many countries are sung is English. There is also an international university which can be accessed through satellite will also broadcast in English. Education is one of the main platforms used to teach the English language and countries have changed their education methods to facilitate the learning of English. People can also learn English through other means such as watching movies from Hollywood. There are about 45 nations in the world who use English as their first language and it is spoken by about 470 million people all over the world. It is the mother tongue to around 60 million people of the British Isles and it is from here the language has spread to all corners of the world. The spread of English has been caused by many different reasons which include colonizing, exploring, and particularly empire building between the seventeenth and nineteenth centuries. The English language is also the first language of other important countries around the world which include the United States of America, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, their populations are 228 million, 16.5 million, 17 million and 3 million respectively. Around 15 million other people are able to speak English in the western hemisphere, Asia and Africa. English is scattered all over which makes it from amongst the great speech communities, and in addition it is also the language which is used for auxiliary purposes. In the United Nations English is the official language of communication and is also one of its working languages. Similar to other languages English constant evolves which means it has changed a lot. This means English speaking people would not have understood how English was being spoken from different centuries. Over the centuries the spoken method of English has changed significantly however the spelling method has changed only a little. This means that the way words are spoken is not always in line with the way the words are spelt. Many of the words in English are derived from the lexicon of the earliest English. Classical languages began to influence the English language at the time of the Renaissance and have been continuing since this time. The words which are use for science and technology have their roots in the Latin and Greek languages. Estimates have been put forward which state that eight five percent of scientific publications, seventy five percent of written international communications, eighty percent of all data of world computers and ninety percent of all website is in English. The use of English has extended to all levels of professional and academic applications. For this reason the language of English is of the up most importance for the international community to learn which is mobile. There are no signs of this being reversed which means that English has become the default language of the scientific and business worlds. There seems to be a strong connection between the western industrial countries such as Great Britain, Australia, Canada and the US as well as others who speak English and the production of technology. This further enhances the languages’ reputation. An example of this is the keyboard. A language which is spoken internationally can be