{"id":33372,"date":"2017-09-06T09:30:48","date_gmt":"2017-09-06T07:30:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lpc.halpet.eu\/?p=33372\/"},"modified":"2017-09-06T09:30:48","modified_gmt":"2017-09-06T07:30:48","slug":"english-language-mother-tongue-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lpc.halpet.eu\/en\/english-language-mother-tongue-world\/","title":{"rendered":"English language \u2013 the mother tongue of the world"},"content":{"rendered":"

English is a global language<\/strong> which strongly dominates all areas of communication. The interest in learning English is not decreasing<\/strong>. Realistically speaking, using English in everyday life has become almost unavoidable, and its vocabulary is constantly growing.<\/h3>\n

Of all the world\u2019s languages, English has the richest vocabulary<\/strong>. It includes over one million words, and approximately fifteen new words are created every day. Did you know that every fourth person in the world can communicate in English to some extent?<\/p>\n

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English every day!<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Many people worldwide use English as their second language. By total number of speakers, it is listed as the second language in the world, just after Mandarin Chinese.<\/p>\n

According to the statistics, there are 375 million native speakers of English. There are 400\u00a0million speakers of English<\/em>\u00a0as a second language, and around 750 million people are believed to speak it as a foreign language.<\/p>\n

It is crucial to maintain and refresh<\/strong> your language skills. This means that you need to use it actively, especially for communicating with others.<\/p>\n

The active knowledge<\/strong> of English plays an important role in our everyday life<\/strong>, both in the workplace and in our leisure time. This includes using the internet, computer and mobile devices, and enjoying music and movies.<\/p>\n

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Did you know that 80% of electronic information is written in English?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

English is the language of the Internet<\/strong> \u2013 the\u00a0publicly accessible global<\/em>\u00a0system of interconnected\u00a0computer networks<\/em>\u00a0that use the\u00a0Internet<\/em>\u00a0protocol (IP) to\u00a0link<\/em>\u00a0devices worldwide.<\/p>\n

This is \u201cthe network of all networks\u201d that consists of millions of private, academic, business and government networks that exchange information and services like electronic mail, chat and data transfer, as well as linked pages and documents of the World Wide Web. The influence of the Internet has played a tremendous role in the global expansion of English language.<\/p>\n

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Look and listen carefully, English is all around us!<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Due to general globalization and informatization, English strongly influences numerous cultures and societies worldwide. This influence is particularly visible in the language of public communication<\/strong>, media and IT. Technological progress has resulted in the informatization of the business processes. The development of the mass media and global communication has made English the world\u2019s leading international language and enabled it to pervade every aspect of our lives!<\/p>\n

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English is the language of media, science and technology, traffic, sport and art<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Among many interesting and unique features of English, idioms are one of the key\u00a0things<\/em>\u00a0that make\u00a0it<\/em>\u00a0a tricky language to learn.<\/p>\n

Idioms are set expressions consisting of two or more words, and the meaning of the full expression is quite different from what individual words of the phrase would imply.\u00a0They are commonly used in English and are important for effective communication.<\/p>\n

Click on the plus sign and check some of the most common idioms!<\/strong><\/p>\n