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Why English?
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Some numbers ...
Almost 7,000,000,000
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Some numbers ...
There are about 7,000,000,000 people in the world.
How many people in the world can speak English?
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Some numbers ...
Between 1,500,000,000 and 2,000,000,000 people.
That is 1 of every 4 people!
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Some numbers ...
How many people speak English as a first language?
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Some numbers ...
About 400,000,000 people.
(About 730,000,000 people speak Chinese and about 270,000,000 people speak Spanish)
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Some numbers ...In the year 2000 about 1 billion people were learning EnglishOver 130 billion web pages are in English.About 95% of scientific articles published in the world are written in English.About 75% of the world’s letters are written in English ... And about 85% of all e-mails.
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Examples of fields where English is the main language.
Computers.Technology.Science.Pop music.Cinema.Politics.Bussiness.Aviation.Tourism.Etc.
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...but why English?
Linguistic reasons? Is it “easier” than other languages?
Demographics? Is it spoken by the most people? Is it spoken in the most countries?
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...but why English?
Politics and economy.
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...but why English?
The British Empire.
The USA.Globalization.
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Globalization.
The “Global Village”. What has made the world “smaller?
The Internet.
The printing press
The telephone
TV and radio
Aviation
Satellites
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OK, but ... Do I need English?
Travel.Internet.Music.University studies (and cicles formatius).Finding a job.Etc.
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How do you learn a language?