English as a Global Language

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English as a Global Language

Outer Circle

Second language

Official Language

• Botswana, Cameroon (co-official with French), the Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji • Ghana • Hong Kong • India • Kenya • Kiribati, Lesotho, Liberia • Malta, the Marshall Islands, Mauritius, Namibia • Nigeria • Pakistan • Palau, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines • Rwanda, Saint Lucia, Samoa, Seychelles, Sierra Leone • Singapore • the Solomon Islands • Sri Lanka • Sudan • South Africa • South Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe

Lingua Franca

common language used to communicate between people with different native languages.

Hovedemne

Inner Circle

First Language

Native Language

Mother tongue

Inner circle countries:

Antigua and Barbuda ¤ Australia The Bahamas Barbados Belize ¤ Canada* Dominica Grenada Guyana ¤ Ireland ¤ Jamaica ¤ New Zealand St Kitts and Nevis St Lucia St Vincent and the Grenadines Trinidad and Tobago ¤ United Kingdom ¤ United States of America

Expanding Circle

Foreign Language

Abroad

Alien

Foreigner

English as taught to people whose main language is not English and who live in a country where English is not the official or main language

World Language

English speaking world

Superpower

Colonies

Satelite TV

Media, film, TV, music, gaming, business and industry

Internet