kert keomonyrath's List: English is known as the international language

• For example English dominate such fields as the media, foreign language teaching, business etc.

  • taking note: English use in media, teaching: primary & secondary level, business, Internet, tourism..

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  • • Author unknown 2006, English as global language [online] available from http://www.e-referate.ro/referate/English_as_a_global_language2006-11-06.html accessed date Oct 22 2009 
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• Why English is and should be an international language?
• In over 60 countries it is used officially
• Over 50 million children study English as an additional language
    at primary level and over 80 million study it at secondary level.
• English is the language of pop-culture, of tourism, of markets and trade, of the Internet.

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• • Take note: huge population speak English, US most powerful country effect: politic, economics, culture, technology&Science.

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  • • Amy Nutt Top Reasons That Made English a Dominant Language [online] available from http://ezinearticles.com/?Top-Reasons-That-Made-English-a-Dominant-Language&id=1776963 accessed date Oct 22 2009
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• xperts state that around a third of the world's population speaks English as their native language, and many more study it as a second language.
• the United States has become a global superpower, specifically after World War II. America has a hand in politics, economics, and culture around the world.
• English Is the Language of Technology and Science

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• • take note: media, books, newspaper, business, conferences, science, advertising, easy to learn 

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  • • Author unknown, Some facts and figures about the English Language [online] available from http://the_english_dept.tripod.com/esc.html accessed date Oct 22 2009
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• English is the main  language of books, newspapers, airports and air-traffic control, international  business and academic conferences, science, technology, diplomacy, sport, international  competitions, pop music and advertising.
• English  is an easy language.
• British colonialism in the 19th century and American  capitalism and technological progress in the 20th century were undoubtely the  main causes for the spread of English throughout the world.

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• The English language, like football and other sports, began here and has spread to every corner of the globe. Today more than a billion people speak English. It is becoming the world’s language: the language of the internet, of business, of international flight - the pathway of global communication and global access to knowledge.
• • take note: spread around the world, language of Internet, business, global communication,  expect 2020 more and more people use English. 

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  • • Author unknown 2008, English-The World's language [online] available from http://www.number10.gov.uk/Page14289 accessed date Oct 22 2009
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• In total, 2 billion people worldwide will be learning or teaching English by 2020. Today 350 million people speak English in India and another 300 million in China, with more children learning English in Chinese schools than in British schools.

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