English as a World Language

1. English as a World Language

2.

Today English is the
language of the world. It
is only in the course of
the last hundred years
that English has become
a world language. 

3.

Nowadays over
300 million people
speak it as a
mother tongue.
English is the official language of the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Northern Ireland, of the United
States of America, of Australia and
New Zealand.

4.

English is the major
international language of
communication in such
areas as science,
technology and business.

5.

It is the language of
literature, education,
modern music, and
international tourism

6.

English is the major
language of diplomacy, it
is one of the official
languages of the United
Nation organization and
other political
organizations.

7.

English is taught
throughout the world and
a lot of people speak it
quite well. In our country
English is very popular: it
is studied at schools
(sometimes even at
nursery schools), colleges
and universities.

8.

All of them will speak in English
soon - I'm sure of it. We all need
to understand each other. To do
this, we need an international
language, and it is English.

9. Thank you for your attention.