The Role of English Language
The role of English language in the modern time
To date, none of the artificial languages, ever invented by mankind, never became a common world language. As a means of international communication, people still use natural languages. So the United Nations (UN), on the basis of the real distribution and use of languages in the world (based on the total number of speakers and the number of countries using one or another language), has selected their official languages of the following 6 languages: English, French, Spanish, Russian, Chinese, Arabic. A special place among them belongs to the English language. What is this choice?
English is the mother tongue for more than 400 000 000 people living in 12 countries, including USA, Canada, England, Australia, New Zealand and others In more than 30 countries such as India, Singapore, Philippines, Malaysia and many others it is widely used on the national level on a par with national languages. English is the 1 place in the world among foreign languages in secondary and higher schools, as well as various courses adult education system. In Russia, for example, the English language is studied in the order of 70 % of students in secondary and higher educational institutions. Knowledge of English language is becoming the norm for scientific and technical intelligentsia in most developed countries. He is the principal means of communication with contacts of foreign tourists with the personnel on all continents. Believe that currently about 1 billion people, that is 1/5 of the population of our planet, in a varying degree, are fluent in English.
In our time, the English language plays a very important role in such spheres of human activity as science, technology, Economics, trade, sport, tourism. This language has become the language of international aviation and shipping. English language serves as a working language of the absolute majority of international scientific, technical, political and professional
To date, none of the artificial languages, ever invented by mankind, never became a common world language. As a means of international communication, people still use natural languages. So the United Nations (UN), on the basis of the real distribution and use of languages in the world (based on the total number of speakers and the number of countries using one or another language), has selected their official languages of the following 6 languages: English, French, Spanish, Russian, Chinese, Arabic. A special place among them belongs to the English language. What is this choice?
English is the mother tongue for more than 400 000 000 people living in 12 countries, including USA, Canada, England, Australia, New Zealand and others In more than 30 countries such as India, Singapore, Philippines, Malaysia and many others it is widely used on the national level on a par with national languages. English is the 1 place in the world among foreign languages in secondary and higher schools, as well as various courses adult education system. In Russia, for example, the English language is studied in the order of 70 % of students in secondary and higher educational institutions. Knowledge of English language is becoming the norm for scientific and technical intelligentsia in most developed countries. He is the principal means of communication with contacts of foreign tourists with the personnel on all continents. Believe that currently about 1 billion people, that is 1/5 of the population of our planet, in a varying degree, are fluent in English.
In our time, the English language plays a very important role in such spheres of human activity as science, technology, Economics, trade, sport, tourism. This language has become the language of international aviation and shipping. English language serves as a working language of the absolute majority of international scientific, technical, political and professional