World English Key Terms
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- World English Terms
- World English: Definition
- English used in countries colonised after 17th Century
- English was the language of dominance
- Global English
- English as a globally spoken form of communicati-on
- Attitudes - implies there is only one form, not many
- International English
- English as the language of business
- Attitudes - some countries object to it, as English is no longer the language of power
- English as a Lingua Franca
- A common form of communicati-on between two people from different countries
- Used to be Latin
- L1
- English as a first language
- Around 400 million speakers use English as a first language
- L2
- English as a second language
- Around 400 million speakers use English as a second language
- EFL
- Learning English as a foreign language
- 6-700 million people learn English as a foreign language
- World English: Definition
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