What will the English language be like in 100 years? World Economic Forum
The inclusion of Nigerian English words in the Oxford English Dictionary is, in a sense, a recognition of the tremendous efforts by scholars of Nigerian English many of whom have produced discipline-shaping research. This has included four published dictionaries of Nigerian English. Have you read?
The Top 10 Most Spoken Languages Across the Globe
English is a West Germanic language in the Indo-European language family, whose speakers, called Anglophones, originated in early medieval England. The namesake of the language is the Angles, one of the ancient Germanic peoples that migrated to the island of Great Britain. Modern English is both the most spoken language in the world and the third-most spoken native language, after Mandarin.
English Speaking Countries Infogram
Within the anglophone world, that English should be the key to all the world's knowledge and all the world's places is rarely questioned. The hegemony of English is so natural as to be invisible.
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April 19, 2022 Author Karolina Assi English is one of the most widely spoken languages in the world. Currently, it's spoken by over 1.35 billion people around the world. However, not all 1.35 billion speak English as their native language - (only) 360 million do.
History of the English language — iTEP
English is the world's most widely spoken language, with some 1.5 billion speakers even though it's native for fewer than 400 million.. describing the waves of political angst over threats.
Top 15 Most Spoken Languages In The World Mondly Blog
The survey revealed that: 62% of UK adults think that English is the most important language to teach children in non-English dominant schools. 9% of people say Spanish is the most important language for non-English children to learn at school. And 6.5% believe that children who are not native in English should be taught French at school.
Here are the 10 Most Spoken Languages in the World! Leverage Edu
Yes, and so is every other human language ! Language is always changing, evolving, and adapting to the needs of its users. This isn't a bad thing; if English hadn't changed since, say, 1950, we wouldn't have words to refer to modems, fax machines, or cable TV. As long as the needs of language users continue to change, so will the language.
Why is English the most spoken language in the world? World Economic Forum
India There are 125,344,736 English speakers in India, making India the country with the second largest number of English speakers. However, about 220,000 people speak English as the first language while the rest take it as a second language. The English language in India is a sure way to get white-collar jobs.
20 Most Spoken Languages in the World in 2022 CCJK
The Future of English: Global Perspectives is part of a long-term research programme, which identifies key trends that will define the role of English as a global language in the coming decade. It also examines the issues and opportunities for countries around the world in achieving their goals for the use of English.
The countries with the most spoken languages World Economic Forum
11) Tristan da Cunha. varp. Tristan da Cunha is the most remote archipelago in the world: it's in the South Atlantic Ocean, more or less halfway between Uruguay and South Africa. It's also the.
Chart The World's Most Spoken Languages Statista
(May 2023) English language distribution Majority native language Official or administrative language, but not native language The following is a list of countries and territories where English is an official language used in citizen interactions with government officials.
Chart of the day These are the world’s mostspoken languages World Economic Forum
20 December 2010 As the British Library charts the evolution of English in a new major exhibition, author Michael Rosen gives a brief history of a language that has grown to world domination.
The world’s languages captured in 6 charts World Economic Forum
The English language is perhaps the United Kingdom's greatest and yet least-recognised international asset. It is a cornerstone of our identity and it keeps us in the mind of hundreds of millions of people around the world, even when they are not talking to us. English is spoken at a useful level by some 1.75 billion people worldwide
Top 15 Most Spoken Languages In The World Mondly Blog
The influence of American business, combined with the tradition of English left around the world by the British Empire, have made English the number one language of international trade in the 21 st Century. All of the world's top business schools now teach in English. English is now the most spoken foreign language in 19 of the 25 EU Member.
Top 10 Most Commonly Spoken Languages in the World
Below are just five of the reasons learning English could change your life for the better. 1. English is the dominant language in academia. As of 2020, 17 of the top 20 universities in the global rankings are English-speaking. This alone shows how widely-adopted English is as the language of academia.
受験のその先へ～本当に必要な英語力～ 予備校なら武田塾 伊勢崎校
The ET column is where we ask people in the know - academics, broadcasters, educators, linguists, teachers and others connected with English worldwide - to write a column for the journal on issues of controversy, debate, work in the field, and matters of topical and immediate interest.