Therearethousandsoflanguagesintheworld.Englishisoneoftheworld’smostwidelyusedlanguages.Itisspokenbynearlythreehundredmillionpeople:intheUnitedStates,Britain,Canada,someCaribbeancountries,andSouthAfrica.Asasecondlanguage,Englishisoftennecessaryforbusiness,education,informationandotheractivitiesinagreatmanycountriessuchasIndia,Pakistanandsoon.ItisalsooneoftheworkinglanguagesintheUnitedNationsandismoreusedthantheothers.
EnglishhasbecomethelanguageofinternationaltradeandtransportIthasbeensaidthat60percentoftheworld’sradiobroadcastsand70percentoftheworld’smailareinEnglish.Atinternationalsportsmeets,atmeetingsofscientistsfromdifferentcountriesandattalksofwritersandartistsfromthecornersoftheearth,Englishismostlyused.
Englishhasinfactbecomethelanguageofinternationalcooperationinscienceandtechnology.