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The Spread Of English The Spread Of English Topic 2 – Group 8 Table of Contents Introduction 01 The period of English Evolution 02 Towards as a global language The 3 circles 03 English as a global lan.
The Spread Of English Topic – Group Table of Contents 01 02 Introduction Evolution The period of English Towards as a global language 03 04 The circles Conclusion English as a global language 01 Introduction Why has English become a global language? Introduction With more than 350 million people around the world speaking English as a first language and more than 430 million speaking it as a second language, there are English speakers in most countries around the world 02 Evolution Towards as a global language The Spread of English 01 02 03 1658 1763 Late 18th century The settler population of Jamaica (from Britain, Ireland and the Americas) was 7,000 When Canada became a British possession, it had almost no English-speaking settlers The British Empire had spread English through its colonies and geopolitical dominance English was adopted in parts of North America, parts of Africa, Australasia, and many other regions British (later US) trading and colonialism also brought English to other areas where there were no large settlements of native English speakers 03 The circles English as a global language The Circles First-language speakers: 375 million Second-language speakers: 375 million Foreign-language speakers: 750 million The fact that English is now an influential world language is not in any way due to its superiority as a language but is a result of the activities of its speakers over the centuries Modern English 04 05 1755 1828 Samuel Johnson published his A Dictionary of the English Language, which introduced standard spellings of words and usage norms Noah Webster published the American Dictionary of the English language to try to establish a norm for speaking and writing American English that was independent of the British standard Conclusions Today, English constitutes the most widely used language of our time From a regional language that was by large influenced by many other languages, it has developed to the world’s number-one communication system, if you wish a global lingua franca, and the influence on other languages is omnipresent Thanks CREDITS: This presentation template was created by Slidesgo, including icons by Flaticon, infographics & images by Freepik Please, keep this slide for the attribution ... result of the activities of its speakers over the centuries Modern English 04 05 1755 1828 Samuel Johnson published his A Dictionary of the English Language, which introduced standard spellings of. .. and many other regions British (later US) trading and colonialism also brought English to other areas where there were no large settlements of native English speakers 03 The circles English as... published the American Dictionary of the English language to try to establish a norm for speaking and writing American English that was independent of the British standard Conclusions Today, English