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INTRODUCTION TO MAJOR ENGLISH SPEAKING COUNTRIES What You Can Expect to Learn from this Course U.K., Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, U.S.A, Canada History Politics Economy Education System Sports, holidays festivals Others What I Expect From You Take notes in class (understand what you are taught) Ask questions- show interest! Read specific assigned passages from your text-book Do some research online Become more familiar with the contents of the course through different media Make multi media presentations about different aspects of the course No sleeping/knitting and other e.c.a’s /playing with mobile phones... in class Evaluation Weekly class attendance and participation Group presentations Group Quizzes End of term written examination COUNTRIES THAT SPEAK ENGLISH How many countries do you think have English as an official language? Did you know that English is not an official language in major English-Speaking countries, e.g. U.S, Australia and U.K? Why do so many countries have English as an official language? Colonization, lingua franca/political unification Map of nations using English as an official language or as the predominant language Origins of English Developed through a fusion of languages now termed “old English” Germanic (Anglo-Saxons) and Vikings- Germany/Denmark/Netherlands Latin (Christianity/lingua franca) French Popularity of English Third most natively spoken language Do you know which languages are first and second most natively spoken? Highest populations of native English speakers : United States (215 million),[44] United Kingdom (61 million),[45] Canada (18.2 million),[46] Australia (15.5 million),[47] Nigeria (4 million),[48] Ireland (3.8 million),[45] S. Africa (3.7 million),[49] and New Zealand (3.6 million) Global Language Referred to as world language Most studied as foreign language Absorbing aspects of cultures worldwide as it continues to grow Official language of U.N, Commonwealth, E.U., IOC and others Dialects: Pidgins an