1. THE WORLD OF ENGLISH

2. These countries are all part of the English-speaking world.
2.3 billion people in 50 countries.

3. THE HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH-SPEAKING WORLD.

4. British explorers and traders travelled to discover new places: which ones?
Africa, Asia, America
and the Pacific.
The new countries they
discovered became part
of the British Empire
during the reign of
Queen Victoria (19th century).

5. EMIGRATION IN 19th and 20th CENTURIES.
From the UK a lot of
people went to these
new countries.
They took their language
and their way of life
with them from Britain.

6. But also a lot of colonies citizens (Indians, Pakistanis and Caribbeans) came to the UK: why? to have a better life and more job opportunities.
Did they speak English and did they know the British culture?
At the beginning was life for them difficult? Why?

7. THE COMMONWEALTH

8. When the colonies became independant
from Great Britain was the end of the British Empire and the beginnig of
The Commonwealth of Nations
is an association of independent states formed by
the United Kingdom and most of its ex-colonies.
The head of the Commonwealth is the Queen.

9. LINKS between the UK and its ex-colonies
They have the British
parliamentary and legal systems.
People drive on the left.
They have the same
sporting traditions:
cricket, rugby and hockey.

10. The British Empire made English a global language.

11. But the English language took some words from the local languages of its colonies:
- pyjama and shampoo from India,
- kangaroo from Australia,
- banana from Africa.

12. Questions
When did the lands that British explorers discover become part of the British Empire?
- What did they take with them from Britain?
Why did Indians, Pakistani and Carribeans go to England? How was their life at the beginning?
What is the Commonwealth?
Why do people in India play cricket?
Where does the word kangaroo come from?