English as a world language?

Английский язык | 10 - 11 классы

English as a world language.

1. English is one of the major languages in the world and geographically it is the most widespread language on Earth, with 400 million speakers.

In Shakespeare’s time, for example, only a few million people spoke English, and the language was not thought to be very important by the other nations of Europe, and was unknown to the rest of the world.

2. English has become a world language because of its establishment as a mother tongue outside England, in all the continents of the world.

This exporting of English began in the seventeenth century, with the first settlements in North America.

Above all, it is the great growth of population in the United States, assisted by massive immigration in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, that has given the English language its present standing in the world.

3. People who speak English fall into one of three groups : those who have learned it as their native language ; those who have learned it as a second language in a society that is mainly bilingual ; and those who are forced to use it for a practical purpose, administrative, professional or educational.

4. English is the language of business, technology, sport, and aviation.

English has the largest vocabulary with approximately 500, 000 words and 300, 000 technical terms.

One person in seven of the world’s entire population belongs to one of these three groups.

Incredibly enough, 75% of the world’s mail and 60% of the world’s telephone calls are in English.

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Chervyakov87 7 янв. 2018 г., 00:27:11

1английский один из главных языков на Земле и территориально это очень широко распространенный язык на Замле с 400 миллионами говорящих.

( следующий отрывок я переводила уже).

Sweat69 31 янв. 2018 г., 18:43:55 | 1 - 4 классы

At the present time foreign languages are socially demanded?

At the present time foreign languages are socially demanded.

Foreign languages are needed as the main and the most efficient means of information exchange of the people of our planet.

The question of learning foreign languages is very important today.

English is just one of 6, 000 languages in the world.

One billion people speak English.

That’s 20 per cent of the world population.

It is also one of the leading languages in the world.

About 350 million people speak English as their first language.

About the same number use it as a second language.

It is the language of aviation, international sport and pop music.

English is the official language in 44 countries, where it is used in education and administration.

They are Great Britain, Canada, the United States of America, Australia, New Zealand and some other countries.

In many countries it is the language of business, commerce and technology.

English is the language of modern computing.

Nearly 50 per cent of all the companies in Europe communicate with each other in English.

75 per cent of the world’s mail is in English, too.

Standard English is not completely uniform.

There are differences between the national standards in Britain, America and Australia.

Russia is integrating into the world community and the problem of learning English for the purpose of communication is especially urgent today.

English is very popular in international business of Russia.

It is studied at schools, colleges and universities.

. Ответьте на вопросы : 1.

What is the role of English among other foreign languages?

2. How many people speak English?

3. Why has English become a world language?

4. Where is English an official language?

5. Why are millions of people learning English today?

6. Why do young people want to learn English?

7. Why do you learn English?

8. What is the necessity of learning English for a specialist?

9. In what careers (jobs) can languages be a tremendous advantage?

10. What do we need foreign languages for?

11. What is the best way to learn a language?

12. What is the most important thing for you in learning a foreign language?

13. Is your written English better than your spoken English?

14. What is your mother tongue?

Ivanovsergey20 3 дек. 2018 г., 14:32:56 | 10 - 11 классы

Проверьте, пожалуйста на ошибки?

Проверьте, пожалуйста на ошибки.

There are many languages in the world : French, Russian, Japanese, etc.

One of them is English.

English is the international language, because people use English all over the world.

Also English is a global language, because many people speak that.

Many people learning English language.

Learning English is difficult.

The most difficult for many people in learning English is grammar.

But, we can make learning English easier.

Firstly, we can listen original songs, watch original English films and read original English books.

Secondly, we can watch online lessons in the Internet.

Moreover, we can visit the English - speaking countries.

We believe that learning English is necessary for everyone, because we can travel the world, make new friends and get a good job.

Иванна2003 12 янв. 2018 г., 19:56:41 | 10 - 11 классы

In Shakespeare’s time, for example, only a few million people spoke English, and the language was not thought to be very important by the other nations of Europe, and was unknown to the rest of the wo?

In Shakespeare’s time, for example, only a few million people spoke English, and the language was not thought to be very important by the other nations of Europe, and was unknown to the rest of the world.

Мамагоши 27 янв. 2018 г., 05:48:38 | 10 - 11 классы

English as a world language?

English as a world language.

1. English is one of the major languages in the world and geographically it is the most widespread language on Earth, with 400 million speakers.

In Shakespeare’s time, for example, only a few million people spoke English, and the language was not thought to be very important by the other nations of Europe, and was unknown to the rest of the world.

2. English has become a world language because of its establishment as a mother tongue outside England, in all the continents of the world.

This exporting of English began in the seventeenth century, with the first settlements in North America.

Above all, it is the great growth of population in the United States, assisted by massive immigration in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, that has given the English language its present standing in the world.

3. People who speak English fall into one of three groups : those who have learned it as their native language ; those who have learned it as a second language in a society that is mainly bilingual ; and those who are forced to use it for a practical purpose, administrative, professional or educational.

4. English is the language of business, technology, sport, and aviation.

English has the largest vocabulary with approximately 500, 000 words and 300, 000 technical terms.

One person in seven of the world’s entire population belongs to one of these three groups.

Incredibly enough, 75% of the world’s mail and 60% of the world’s telephone calls are in English.

Помоги перевести пожалуйста.

Ksusha261 8 нояб. 2018 г., 18:40:41 | 5 - 9 классы

Срочно помигите сделать?

Срочно помигите сделать!

. people in the world use English.

As a native language English is spoken in .

The number of English native speakers * is .

As an official language English is used .

As a world language English is used .

English expands its vocabulary by .

American English is .

Дописать предложения так что бы получился текст.

Linochka2001 21 апр. 2018 г., 23:53:47 | 5 - 9 классы

Есть вот такой текст, на основе него надо сделать краткий пересказ, предложений 5 хотя бы, на английском языке?

Есть вот такой текст, на основе него надо сделать краткий пересказ, предложений 5 хотя бы, на английском языке.

Можно меньше, но не сильно, больше тоже, но в пределах разумного мне надо будет это учить = ) English today There are over 2.

700 languages in the world, but English today is the most important international language.

Four hundred million people speak English as their first language .

Six hundred million people speak it either as a second or as a foreign language.

That is 20 percent of the world's population.

English has become a world language, because it is spoken as a mother tongue in all the continents of the world.

In the 17th century it was brought to North America by the first colonisers.

Then in the 18th century English was brought to Australia, later on to Africa and India.

Millions of people are learning English today.

It is the language of summit meetings and international conferences.

It's also the language of the United Nations.

Foreign political leaders usually speak to international journalists in English.

The latest discoveries and ideas in all spheres of science and medicine appear in special international journals, of which 60 percent are in English.

80 percent of all information in the world's computers is in English.

Besides, there are a lot of brilliant world famous English, American, Canadian and Australian writers and poets who gave the world their wonderful works.

The reader can fully appreciate them only in the original.

And finally, many young people learn English as a foreign language because it is the language of rock and pop music.

So, English can be used for many different purposes and serve as a key to other cultures and their riches.

Alica220520041 17 мар. 2018 г., 15:25:11 | 5 - 9 классы

Пожалуйста помогите , составить 4 вопроса (Общий, специальный, альтернативный, разделительный), к любым 4 предложениям из данного текста The rise of English is a story of wonderful success?

Пожалуйста помогите , составить 4 вопроса (Общий, специальный, альтернативный, разделительный), к любым 4 предложениям из данного текста The rise of English is a story of wonderful success.

When Julius Caesar landed in Britain nearly two thousand years ago, English did not exist.

Five hundred years later, in the 5th century, English was already spoken by the people who inhabited Great Britain but they were not many, but their English was not the language we know today.

Nearly a thousand years later, at the end of the 16th century, when William Shakespeare created his works, English was the native language of about 6 million Englishmen.

At that time English was not used anywhere else except Great Britain.

Nowadays, four hundred years later, 750 million people all over the world use English, and half of those speak it as a mother tongue.

Of all the 2700 world languages English is one of the richest.

For example, compare English, German and French : English has a vocabulary of about 500 000 words, German – 185 000, and French – fewer than 100 000.

At the end of the 20th century English is more widely spoken and written, than any other language has ever been.

It has become the language of the planet, the first truly global language.

English is and has always been constantly changing.

Some words die, some change their meanings and all the time new words appear in the language.

KristinaLink 13 мар. 2018 г., 06:04:10 | 10 - 11 классы

Проверьте на грамотность English language is very famous?

Проверьте на грамотность English language is very famous.

It is the favoured language of technology.

Everyone wants to know him.

English helps to understand others.

It develops compassion.

It is the language of the future of the world.

English is the language many writers.

English is easy to learn.

The hardest part of it is the grammar.

Over 300 million people speak English as a first language.

Courses and teachers help to learn the Englush.

Any language can be learned, but if you want .

You can read books and find information by computer, it facilitates the study.

Try to learn and you see success.

Cnjk 12 нояб. 2018 г., 11:51:18 | 5 - 9 классы

Прошу помочь с переводом?

Прошу помочь с переводом!

Diferent Kinds of English In the 16th century the people who lived in Europe did not know English.

They couldn't understand English words.

Only those who lived on the island called Great Britain, spoke English.

English was useless for the people of the continent.

In those years Latin, French, German and Italian were popular and widely known.

Four hundred years later the speakers of English travelled into every corner of the globe carryng their language and culture with them.

Today English is more important than any other language has ever been.

It has become the language of the planet, the first truly global language.

Of all the world's languages it is probably the richest in vocabulary.

Now it is the language of technology and science, business and sport.

English is the official language of the Olympics, the official voice of the air and of the sea.

People use English as the first language in English - speaking countries such as Britain, the USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.

It has become the second language in countries like India, Nigeria and Singapore.

Then there is English as a foreign language.

People teach and learn English as a foreign language in Europe and Asia, in Africa and South America, in other words, all over the world.

But English is not the same everywhere.

Several kinds of English have appeared.

They are American English, Canadian English, Australian English, etc.

People who live in Britain speak British English.

ТролФейс45 10 дек. 2018 г., 15:18:28 | 5 - 9 классы

Пожалуйста?

Пожалуйста!

Нужен краткий пересказ данного текста.

Language belongs to each of us.

Everyone uses words.

What is It about language that makes people so curious?

The answer is that there is almost nothing in our lives that is not touched by language.

We live in and by language.

We all speak and we all listen : so we are all interested in the origin of words, in how they appear and die.

The rise of English is a story wonderful success.

When Julius Caesar landed in Britain nearly two thousand year ago, English did not exist.

Five hundred years later, in the 5th century, English was already spoken by the people who inhabited Great Britain but they were not many, and their English was already spoken by the people who inhabited Great Britain but they were no many, and their English was not the language we know today.

Nearly a thousand years later, at the end of the 16th century, when William Shakespeare created his works.

English was the native language of about 6 million Englishmen.

At hat time English was not used anywhere else except Great Britain.

Nowadays, four hundred years later, 750 million people all over the world use English and half of those speak it as mother tongue.

Of all the 2700 world languages English is one of the richest.

For example, compare English, German and French.

English has a vocabulary of about 500, 000 words.

German – 185, 000, and French – fewer than 100, 000.

At the end of the 20th century English is more widely spoken and written, than any other language has ever been.

It has become the language of the planet, the first truly global language.

Three quarters of the world’s mail and its telexes and telegram’s are in English.

More than half of the world scientific periodicals and eighty per cent of the information in the world’s computers are also in English.

English is the main language of business.

It is the language of sports : the official language of Olympics.

The English language surrounds us like a sea, and like the waters deep sea it is full of mysteries.

English is and has always been constantly changing.

Some word die, some change their meanings and all the time new words appear in language.

There are several ways to add new words to the language.

One of them is by borrowing words from other languages.

At the end of the 20th century in English there are many words that were borrowed from Latin, French, Spanish, Italian, Dutch and other languages.

When Columbus came back from South America he brought home to Spain new plants – potatoes, tomatoes and tobacco.

With the plants he brought their names.

This is how these words appeared in Spanish and later were borrowed from it by the English language.

The words that are borrowed tell us about the countries they have come from.

For example, many Italian words that are now part of English (opera, operetta, piano) have to do with music.

This is natural as Italian musician have always been among the most famous in the world.

Many of the words that people borrow from other languages are names of food.

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