Introducing global englishes /
Nico Hess.
- United Kingdom : ED-Tech Press ; 2019.
- xvi, 295 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm.
Includes index,
Includes bibliography pages (288-291).
It is estimated that the number of native English speakers is 300 million to 450 million. More than one billion people are believed to speak some form of English. Although the numbers vary, it is widely accepted that hundreds of millions of people around the world speak English, whether as a native, second or a foreign language. English, in some form, has become the native or unofficial language of a majority of the countries around the world today.
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English languages--Globalization. Test of English as a Foreign Language English--Speaking countries. English language--Variation.