ENGLISH AS A WORLD LANGUAGE

1. its influence so enormous that it has even affected the syntax of other languages.

2. The teaching of English,

2.1. is worth £6 billion a year globally

3. Think English or speak English

4. difficulty : communications,

5. English is the most studied and emulated language in the world,

6. We in the English-speaking world have often been highly complacent in expecting others to learn English without our making anything like the same effort in return.

7. First, those who learned Basic English might be able to write simple messages,

8. English words are everywhere.

8.1. Most people speak it not because it gives them pleasure to help out American and British monoglots who cannot be troubled to learn a few words of their language,

8.2. its influence so enormous that it has even affected the syntax of other languages.

9. In 1986, The Economist assembled a list of English terms that had become more or less universal.

10. IS THE MOST GLOBAL LANGUAGE

10.1. The number of English words

10.2. current in Japanese has been estimated to be as high as 20,000.

11. ENGLISH

11.1. Most people speak it not because it gives them pleasure to help out American and British monoglots who cannot be troubled to learn a few words of their language,