オンライン英会話JEP:Assistant Weblog~Leonor

オンライン英会話ジョイフルイングリッシュプラザのアシスタントのブログ。
日常の出来事や語学の事などフィリピンより発信中!!

Tuesday, February 13, 2007

English Language!!!

English a West Germanic language originating in England,is the first language for most people in Australia,Canada,Ireland,New Zealand the United Kingdom,and the United States.It is used extensively as a second language and as a official language throuhout the world,especially in the Commonwealth of Nations,such as India or South Africa.

Modern English is sometimes described as a world lingua franca.While Mandarin Chinese and perhaps Hindi and Spanish have more native speakers,English has considerably more influence or geographical reach then any of the three.

Over 370 million people speak English as their first language.Estimates on second language speakers,which includes foreign language learners,vary greatly between 1.2-1.6 billion,depending on how literacy or mastery defined.English is the dominant international language in communications,science,business,aviation,entertainment,and diplomacy and also in the internet.It has been the official languages of the United Nations since is founding in 1945 and is considered to be well on its way to becoming the world's first universal language.

0 Comments:

Post a Comment

Links to this post:

Create a Link

<< Home