1. English – the language of the world Ashereva Alexandra 8 А School 3 Ershov 2011

2. URGENCY OF THE PROBLEM I am interested if people can understand each other, the other people, their traditions, customs, holidays, culture, art, literature without English language

3. The Aim of my research I think that English is going to become even more important as a global language

4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1011 countries where English is spoken as the fist language.

5. Canada Back countries where English is spoken as the fist language. 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

6. United States of America Back Canada countries where English is spoken as the fist language. 3 4 5 7 8 9 1011 6

7. Australia Back Canada United States of America countries where English is spoken as the fist language. 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

8. New Zealand Back United States of America Canada Australia countries where English is spoken as the fist language. 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

9. United Kingdom Back United States of America Canada Australia New Zealand countries where English is spoken as the fist language. 6 7 8 9 10 11

10. Eire Back United States of America Canada Australia New Zealand United Kingdom countries where English is spoken as the fist language. 7 8 9 10 11

11. Why do we learn English? Why do we learn English? a)- I like reading English-23% a)- I like reading English-23% b) - I like speaking English-24% b) - I like speaking English-24% c) - I want to use English in my job-57% c) - I want to use English in my job-57% d) - I want to go to Britain in summer-17% d) - I want to go to Britain in summer-17% e) – I want to use computer programs in e) – I want to use computer programs in English-46% English-46% f) – My parents want me to do it-35% f) – My parents want me to do it-35% g) – I like English songs-7% g) – I like English songs-7% h) – my friends are learning English-19% h) – my friends are learning English-19%

12. The standard language for all kinds of international communications The standard language for all kinds of international communications. Nearly 50% of all the companies in Europe communicate in English  75% of all international letters and telexes are in English  About 70% of Russian students choose English as their first foreign language at schools and universities

13. 80% of all information in the world’s computers is in English The World of English language in Computers. The World of English language in Computers

14. language of the sky and sea, the rock and pop music, the journalists

15. Knowledge of the English language gives great pleasure.

16. On the other hand, some people think that other languages such as Chinese or Hindi will be important as well

17. We've asked two questions to our classmates Question №1

18. Question №2

19. Where would you like to go to learn English: 83 teenagers of our school took part in the questionnaire

20. I think that English is going to become even more important as a global language, dominating other languages - 750 million people all over the world use it - it has become the language of the planet - it’s the main language of business, sports, science and media - it’s one of the richest languages - English is the world’s computer language

21. I agree with this opinion I agree with this opinion

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23. The end! Thank you for attention!