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- 2.7. English in Education
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| English Speakers in the World
Here is the proportion of native and non-native speakers of English. In 1985 there were between 320 and 380 mln people speaking English as the first language and between 250 and 380 mln people who speak English as a second or third language. By 2003 the balance had changed and there were 329 mln native speakers in comparison to 1.5 billion non-native speakers using English for communication. We have noticed that English is spoken by at least a quarter of the worlds population. It is important to realize that this means that it’s not spoken by three quarters of that same population. Even if this number (75%) is not going to be converted to “users of English, non-native speakers” – because of a big number of Mandarin, Spanish, Hindu and Arabic speakers – we will still have a good a big number of students willing to learn English. Statistics analysts say that by the year of 2040 there will 3 billion people speaking English as a foreign language. At the same time they say that around 40% of world’s population will hardly become functional users of English. English is the language most often studied as a foreign language in the European Union, by 89% of schoolchildren, ahead of French at 32%, while the perception of the usefulness of foreign languages amongst Europeans is 68% in favour of English ahead of 25% for French. Among some non-English speaking EU countries, a large percentage of the adult population can converse in English — in particular: 85% in Sweden, 83% in Denmark, 79% in the Netherlands, 66% in Luxembourg and over 50% in Finland, Slovenia, Austria, Belgium, and Germany. 48 2.7. English in Education Most of the universities worldwide include English as one of their major subject. If you are a student, it is almost inevitable that you will come across an important book in English. On the other hand, it is unlikely that you won't find an important book or an article that was not translated into English. English is the universal Internet language: many foreign websites have English versions. Learning English will improve you chances to graduate with a higher score. If you learn English, you will be able to get your degree abroad because many foreign universities offer programs in English. Our research. We wanted to find out what problems the students have in studying English. We asked students and analyzed their answers. Most of the students mentioned idioms and phrasal verbs (about 80%) and irregular forms (about 70%). About 65% told that spelling is rather difficult for them. 40% of students have difficulties with pronunciation. About 55% have problems with grammar. On the other hand English punctuation is not too difficult for them. Only 30% of students have problems with it. жүктеу/скачать 8,13 Mb. Достарыңызбен бөлісу:
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