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lunes, 3 de agosto de 2009

THE IMPORTANCE OF ENGLISH



English is not the most widely spoken language in the world in terms of the number of native speakers- there are more Chinese speakers than native English speakers- but Chinese is spoken little outside of Chinese communities, so English is the most widespread language in the world. It is difficult to estimate exactly how many English speakers there are, but according to one estimate there are more than 350,000,000 native English speakers and more than 400,000,000 speakers of English as a second language (a language used in everyday life, even though it is not the native language) or foreign language (a language studied but not used much in everyday life).
However, even these numbers do not really indicate how important of English is as a world language, because less than fifteen percent of the world population uses English.
The importance of English is not just in how many people speak, it but in what it is used for. English is the major language of news and information in the world. It is the language of business and governments even in some countries where it is a minority language. it is the language of maritime communication and international air traffic control, and it is used even for internal air traffic control in countries where it is not a native language. American popular culture- primarily movies and music- carries the English language throughout the world.


Taken From: K.kita@lancaster.ac.uk - Doshisha UNiversity (Kyoto Japon) Kenji Kitao

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  2. El ingles es importante porque es una lengua muy utilizada en todo el mundo tanto en gobiernos como en medios de comunicacion. Aunque no hay una cifra exacta de las personas que hablan el ingles lo utilizamos en la vida cotidiana en canciones, peliculas , noticias entre otros, el ingles es nativo de algunas personas otras lo hablamos como segunda lengua este es de suma importancia porque es un idioma global en el mundo y tenemos que hablarlo mas a menudo porque no ayuda a tener oportunidades en la vida Att Yensic Aliris Cuesta Ramirez

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  3. The English is very important because in addition to being the second most spoken language in the world after China, this allows us to interact with others from abroad, is also very important in the environment we live in, because we demand management a basic English (A1 or A2) for labor, social and personnel benificio allowing us to have contact with their people and their culture in a more extensive way

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  4. English is important because it is a language spoken in most countries is said to be difficult to estimate how many people speak it. In many countries like Colombia is very important but not our native language and that we can do this right through to business abroad, we can understand the songs that make this language and we can interact with people from other countries who speak this language. studied this language is pretty but hardly used in our daily life as it is a minority language for our country not be our native language.

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  5. Globalization, the Internet, television, and the possibility that we may enjoy a better future and more opportunities are factors that influence whether we care to speak English. and it is very important that you talk enpesemos from an early age to make the process of teaching and learning that is taught in educational institutions to go any more lies from the basic knowledge and can open doors mchas the world through English
      The educational training today get children must go beyond learning the basic subjects taught in school, it is necessary for children in addition to their native language, expand your knowledge and learning another language better than he who speaks in most of the world....

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  6. English is important in every country in the world , is spoken by many people in comunicasion and information helps us to interact with other people in the world , is an important part of our everyday language.
    the English is helpful in education , is found in movies , songs , books , learning English is important for us to communicate in an easy and simple way to us. ATTY :SANDRA MILENA MORENO MOSQUERA

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  7. a language used in everyday life, even though it is not the native language or foreign language a language studied but not used much in everyday lifeenglish is important because now is converted in lenguaje more to our and bacause help us to comunicat more with other people to have other oportunities ot working . It is the language of business and governments even in some countries where it is a minority language. it is the language of maritime communication and international

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