ENGLISH 2º BACH

Why should I learn English?

English, whether you like it or not, is the chosen language of international communication.

• English has official or special status in at least seventy five countries with a total population of over two billion.
• Speakers of English as a second language probably outnumber those who speak it as a first language.
• Around 750 million people are believed to speak English as a foreign language.
• One out of four of the world's population speak English to some level of competence; demand from the other three-quarters is increasing.
• Nearly one in two European Union citizens claim to be able to converse in English* according to a survey carried out in 1998, and 69 per cent of survey respondents who did not speak English as their first language felt that it was the most important language for them to learn or use.