WHY IS ENGLISH SO POPULAR The more languages

COMPARISON ENGLISH WITH RUSSIAN n n Plurals are easier. Compare: Tables, books, trees. Genders

Continue the comparison English words don’t change so much. n I read this book.

WHICH LANGUAGES CONTRIBUTED TO ENGLISH? A lot of English words are like German. The

Ø 80% of all information in the world‘s computers is in English. Ø 75%

• find a job abroad • go on holiday abroad • earn a

It may ruin your life. • I hate the Internet and computers. • I

English is difficult ! Spelling: enough thought delicious Regular – Irregular Verbs: go –

100% Diagram 1. 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% 8,

Diagram 2. The ten languages that have the most speakers. Earth's population — 4

1) Is English the most beautiful and the easiest language in the world? 2)

I think English is not the most beautiful language in the world. There are

They say that people learn English because the Americans speak it and America is

It is not necessary to know English perfectly to use a computer enough to

China has the biggest population in the world now. And it will certainly grow

HOW TO LEARN ENGLISH n n n n if your motivation is good, you’ll

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WHY IS ENGLISH SO POPULAR? ‘The more languages you speak, the more times you are a human being. ’

COMPARISON ENGLISH WITH RUSSIAN n n Plurals are easier. Compare: Tables, books, trees. Genders are simpler. In English: In Russian: Woman (she) tree (it) Father (he) table (he) Tree (it) book (she) Book (it) room (she) Room (it)

Continue the comparison English words don’t change so much. n I read this book. n We read this book. n You read this book. n They read this book. n He (she) reads this book. n You read this book.

WHICH LANGUAGES CONTRIBUTED TO ENGLISH? A lot of English words are like German. The grammar is also similar. Compare: n Meine Freundin ist Jahre alt. (German) – My friend is nine years old. (English) n Wir gehen in die Schule. (German) – We go to school. (English) n Sie ist interessant. (German) – She is interesting. (English) French words in English: Country, court, crime, prison, princess, royal, female, special, fruit… Latin words in English: Street, kitchen, cheese, angel, wall, paper… Scandinavian words: Cake, egg, skin, skirt, ugly, window, husband… Russian words: Sputnik, robot, samovar, perestroika, tsar, matryoshka…

Ø 80% of all information in the world‘s computers is in English. Ø 75% of the world‘s letters and faxes are in English. Ø 60% of all international telephone calls are made in English. ØMore than 60% of all scientific journals are written in English.

• find a job abroad • go on holiday abroad • earn a lot of money • travel everywhere in the world • watch films in the original language • go abroad on an exchange program • get access to the Internet • communicate with people from other countries

It may ruin your life. • I hate the Internet and computers. • I am not ambitious about my future job and I do not want to earn much money. • I am not interested in traveling and communicating with other people. • I think all books and films in other languages are boring.

English is difficult ! Spelling: enough thought delicious Regular – Irregular Verbs: go – went – gone do – did – done see – saw – seen Articles: a boy the boy an angel the angels

100% Diagram 1. 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% 8, 5% 1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2007

Diagram 2. The ten languages that have the most speakers. Earth's population — 4 billion 1. Chinese (1, 000 million) 2. English (350 million) 3. Spanish (250 million) 4. Hindi (200 million) 5. Arabic (150 million) 6. Bengali (150 million) 7. Russian (150 million) 8. Portuguese (135 million) 9. Japanese (120 million) 10. German (100 million) million people 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 1000

1) Is English the most beautiful and the easiest language in the world? 2) There are many other great countries excepting English speaking countries, aren’t there? 3) Are all people who use computer know English? 4) Is Chinese language more important than English?

I think English is not the most beautiful language in the world. There are languages much more beautiful than English. For example, French, Russian, Spanish and others. Of course English is not very difficult language but many languages are easy too. They are French, Spanish, German, Italian and so on.

They say that people learn English because the Americans speak it and America is one of the greatest counties in the world. But I don’t agree with it cause there are many other cultures, science, education and world trade, such as Japan, China, Switzerland, Germany, Italy and so on. There is an international language-Esperanto.

It is not necessary to know English perfectly to use a computer enough to know some commands.

China has the biggest population in the world now. And it will certainly grow up. That’s why Chinese language will be very important in the future.

HOW TO LEARN ENGLISH n n n n if your motivation is good, you’ll soon make progress you should buy a good dictionary you should read adapted versions of English books you should start a vocabulary notebook and write down all the new words with the translations you should watch films in English listen to different accents you should learn texts and songs by heart

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