English as a global language

1. English

as a global language

2. Why do so many people learn and speak English?

•English is popular because it’s easy: its grammar is
simple and it has many words from other languages;
•English is the language most spoken around the
world;
•It is the language of business as it is the language of
America – a country with developed business,
science and technology;
•English helps you to travel, communicate and make
friends with people from other countries;

3. Why do so many people learn and speak English?

• English helps us to work on computers well and surf the
Internet;
• If you know English you can read English books and watch
English films in the original;
• If you know English you can find a well-paid job in a foreign
firm in your country (almost all business in Russia is
international) or you can go to live and work abroad;
• If you know English you can watch international television
networks and get the news from all over the world;
• English as any foreign language helps our brain to develop.