English language learning in EU countries

- Джурило, Аліна Петрівна (orcid.org/0000-0002-5129-6724), Маріуц, Ілона Олександрівна and Шпарик, Оксана Михайлівна (orcid.org/0000-0001-7507-4950) (2016) English language learning in EU countries Ukrainian Pedagogical Journal, 1. pp. 6-15. ISSN 2411-1317

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Abstract

English is everywhere. 380 million people pose it as a mother-language and about 2/3 as a second language. A billion of the world's population study English, and about a third part uses it. It is expected that by 2050, half of the world will own it. English is the language of globalization: international business, politics and diplomacy. It is the language of computers and the Internet. It can be found on advertising boards in Côte d'Ivoire, hear it in pop songs in Tokyo, you will read official documents in Phnom Penh in English. Deutsche Welle broadcasts in English. French business schools teach in English. This is the language of communication at government meetings in Bolivia. The language, which, according to the definition of Robert Gloucester, back in the 1300s was the language of the so-called "lower people" in England, has come a long way. And now it's a global language.

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