English is one of the most spoken languages across the world
Who doesn't know this ? English is the third language with more native speakers in the world (360 million native speakers), only outnumbered by Chinese (1.2 billion speakers) and Spanish (with 400 million speakers). Who would have said that Spanish has more native speakers than English ? I am flabbergasted, aren't you ?
English may not be the top most spoken language but it is spoken everywhere.
In fact, English is the authentic lingua franca in this multicultural world. It is the common language in speeches in international congresses, among politicians... Incredible though it may sound, the number of L2 speakers of English (that is, those who speak English as a second language) way outnumbers almost any other language (except Chinese). If you go to South Africa, you can speak English; if you go to Germany and you can't speak German, no problem as long as you can get by in English.
Who doesn't know this ? English is the third language with more native speakers in the world (360 million native speakers), only outnumbered by Chinese (1.2 billion speakers) and Spanish (with 400 million speakers). Who would have said that Spanish has more native speakers than English ? I am flabbergasted, aren't you ?
English may not be the top most spoken language but it is spoken everywhere.
In fact, English is the authentic lingua franca in this multicultural world. It is the common language in speeches in international congresses, among politicians... Incredible though it may sound, the number of L2 speakers of English (that is, those who speak English as a second language) way outnumbers almost any other language (except Chinese). If you go to South Africa, you can speak English; if you go to Germany and you can't speak German, no problem as long as you can get by in English.
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