English around the world

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English

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English

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English
official language (or special status) - at least seventyfive countries with a total population of over two billion native language - around 375 million second language - from 470 million to over a billion foreign language - around 750 million people one out of four of the world's population speak English to some level of competence How competent are you?
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English as a world language

the language most often taught as a foreign language it is absorbing aspects of cultures worldwide 89% of European school children learn it the use of English globally had a large impact on many other languages (language shift, language death) English language is forever evolving Influence on Croatian?
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English vocabulary
How many words are there in English language? it is impossible to count the number of words in a language what counts as a word? about 25,000 words added to the language each year online dictionaries: New Words The English language is growing, and so is Macmillan Dictionary. Click below on the links to see some of the new words that have come onto the site recently.
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Words
word origins mostly Germanic Latin alphabet (Anglo-Saxon runes) orthography (spelling) different from phonology (pronunciation) it is more difficult to become a fluent reader

though, through, rough, cough, thought, bough

written/spoken English almost no difference in written (AE vs. BE), but significant difference in spoken (accents, dialects, slang, colloquial, regional)
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English

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United States of America

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United States of America

used to be a British colony (1776) worlds third largest country by size (after Russia and Canada) and population (after China and India) population: more than 310 million people (July 2010) religion: protestant (51.3%) languages: English (82.1%)
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United States of America

capital: Washington, DC six time zones 50 states (nd 1 district) chief of state: President Barack H. Obama (since 20 January 2009) the largest and most technologically powerful economy in the world 15,079 airports (2010) the worlds largest consumer of cocaine
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United Kingdom

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United Kingdom
country consisting of four countries (England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland) located on the British Isles population: more than 62 million people (2010) religion: Christianity languages: English (Scots, Celtic languages)
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United Kingdom
capital: London (and the largest city) constitutional monarchy and unitary state Monarch (Elizabeth II) and Prime Minister (David Cameron MP) EU accession 1 January 1973 three Crown Dependencies and fourteen overseas territories (not constitutionally part of the UK, remnants of the British Empire - in 1922 encompassed almost a quarter of the world's land surface - the largest empire in history)
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Canada

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Canada
ten provinces and three territories its border with the US to the south and northwest is the longest in the world it was inhabited by various groups of Aboriginal peoples population: more than 34 million (2011) religion: catholic (43.6%) support for religious pluralism languages: English and French (official)
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Canada
capital: Ottawa parliamentary democracy and a constitutional monarchy (Elizabeth II) Monarch, Governor General, Prime Minister 3.3 inhabitants per square kilometer (one of the lowest in the world) one of the worlds wealthiest nations one of the highest immigration rates in the world official national sports: hockey and lacrosse
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Australia

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Australia
officially the Commonwealth of Australia (six states and two territories) country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and smaller islands population: more than 22.5 million people (2011) religion: no state religion; Christian (64%) languages: no official language; native English
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Australia
capital: Canberra constitutional monarchy and federal parliamentary democracy Monarch, Governor General and Prime Minister colloquially referred to as Oz; Aussie/Australian the worlds smallest, the flattest, the driest inhabited continent about 85% of flowering plants, 84% of mammals, more than 45% of birds, and 89% of fish are endemic
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Can you guess the country?

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/us.html

http://the_english_dept.tripod.com/esc.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada

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