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VarietiesofEnglisharoundthe world
WhenpeoplethinkoftheEnglishlanguage, theyusuallyassociate it with American,
British, AustralianorCanadianEnglish, howeverEnglishisspoken in manyother countries
as a nativelanguage, and in manyothers as a secondorforeignlanguage.
More than 300 millionpeoplearoundthe world speakEnglish as a firstlanguage.
Englishisused as anofficiallanguage in more than 50 states. About 1500
millionpeoplespeakEnglish as a secondlanguage. All in
allalmosttwobillionpeoplecanspeakEnglish. That’s a thirdoftheworld’spopulation.
The statistics show
thatthemostspokenlanguageworldwideisEnglishwithalmosttwobillionpeoplebeingabletos
peak it, ofwhomonly 375 million are native speakers. Thismeansthatyou’remuch more
likelytospeakEnglishwithsomeonewhoseEnglishistheirsecondorforeignlanguagethanwit
h a native speaker.
Duetothis,
ifyou’reanEnglishlearneryoumighthavetroubleunderstandingpeopledependingonwherey
ou are andwhoyou’retalkingto. In case you’reanEnglishTeacherit’s a
niceideatosharethisinformationwithyourstudentsandeven prepare them for the real
world. Bearingthat in mind, ifyou’relearningthelanguage in
ordertoworkataninternationalcompanyortravelabroad,
youmightwanttobeawareandperhaps start
practicinglisteningtodifferentkindsofEnglishaccents,
especiallytheonesyou’llbedealingwith.
2. Write withyourownwordsyourunderstandingaboutthetext
“VarietiesofEnglisharoundthe world”. Youcanwrite in portuguese, ifyouwant it.
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