Swiss eLearning Institute's English Lessons for Beginners
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How important is English?How important is English?
Countries with the most English Speakers (in millions)
125.2
India
92.3
Pakistan
59.6
United Kingdom
52.3
Philippines
298.4
United States
Out of the 196 countries in the world, English has official or special status in 75 of them!
= That’s 2 billion people!
75 196
Appr
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25% of the planet
spea
ks a
t leas
t some English.
That’s ¼ of the world’s
population!
Don’t get lost in translation. Start with English for Beginners by Swiss eLearning Institute.www.swisselearninginstitute.com
Provided to you by Sources:www.statista.comwww.internetworldstats.comwww.voxy.com
English-speaking authors Non-English-speaking authors
English in Sc enceEnglish is the most commonly used language in science with Science Citation Index reporting as early as 1997 that 95% of its articles were written in English, even though only half came from authors in English-speaking countries.
4 out of the top 5 biggest companies in the world speak English as their primary language. This includes Wal-Mart, Shell, Exxon Mobil and BP. With 25% of the world knowing English, imagine how far you can expand your network!
English online… Top languages on the Internet (in millions)
English
Chinese
Spanish
Arabic
German
Japanese
Portuguese
536.6
153.3
444.9
82.5
65.4
99.1
75.2
World’s most spoken languages worldwide (speakers and native speakers in millions)
English
Chinese
Hindi
Spanish
French
Arabic
Russian
375
982
460
650
330
420
79
370
206
300
165
275
1,500
1,100
55%
... of all websites are written in English.