| As globalization takes hold of our collective | | | | grade on) |
| society, the English language is quickly | | | | |
| becoming the universal language for many | | | | - European Union |
| reasons. For one, business across borders as | | | | |
| well as over the internet, whether it is | | | | - Austria |
| conducted by small companies or | | | | |
| multi-national corporations is largely | | | | - Belgium |
| conducted in English. Global politics and | | | | |
| diplomacy are largely conducted in English as | | | | - Bulgaria |
| well. In fact, English is the world's second | | | | |
| largest native language, the official | | | | - Cyprus |
| language in 70 countries, and | | | | |
| English-speaking nations are responsible for | | | | - Czech republic |
| about 40 percent of the world's total Gross | | | | |
| National Product. Part of this can be | | | | - Denmark |
| attributed to the USA's status as a major | | | | |
| world power in economic, political and | | | | - Estonia |
| military aspects and by the huge influence of | | | | |
| American movies. | | | | - Finland |
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| The Internet | | | | - France |
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| The internet was developed chiefly in | | | | - Germany |
| America, and whether that is an influential | | | | |
| factor or not, the majority of Web sites and | | | | - Greece |
| Web pages are in English. People from all | | | | |
| over the world access these English-language | | | | - Hungary |
| sites on a daily basis. This indicates that | | | | |
| there are a many people all over the world | | | | - Ireland |
| who can at least read minimal amounts of | | | | |
| English enough to browse the Web. | | | | - Italy |
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| Popular Culture | | | | - Latvia |
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| English can be at least understood on at | | | | - Lithuania |
| least some level almost everywhere in the | | | | |
| world among scholars and educated people. | | | | - Luxembourg |
| The English language is also widely | | | | |
| recognized as the world's media language, and | | | | - Malta |
| the chief language of cinema, TV, pop music | | | | |
| and as aforementioned, the computer world. | | | | - The Netherlands |
| All over the planet, even people who don't | | | | |
| necessarily speak the language know many | | | | - Poland |
| English words, their pronunciation and | | | | |
| meaning. | | | | - Portugal |
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| Countries Where English is Taught in School | | | | - Romania |
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| Because of the English language's | | | | - Slovakia |
| far-reaching popularity and use all over the | | | | |
| world, many non-English speaking countries | | | | - Slovenia |
| are now introducing English lessons in their | | | | |
| public and/or private school systems. Some | | | | - Spain |
| of the countries that include the English | | | | |
| language in their school curriculum do so for | | | | - Sweden |
| one or more of the reasons mentioned above. | | | | |
| Other countries are simply forward-thinking | | | | - United Kingdom |
| in that they can see a degree of universality | | | | |
| to the language that will offer its students | | | | - Latin America |
| greater opportunity. Other countries have | | | | |
| their own, unrelated reasons for teaching | | | | - Argentina |
| English in their schools. No matter what the | | | | |
| motivation, below is a list of countries that | | | | - Chile |
| currently offer English as a second language | | | | |
| in their schools: | | | | - Columbia |
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| - Asia | | | | - Costa Rica |
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| - People's Republic of China | | | | - Guatemala |
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| - Japan | | | | - Honduras |
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| - South Korea | | | | - Mexico |
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| - Taiwan | | | | - Panama |
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| - Singapore (English is taught as a first | | | | - Venzuela |
| language here) | | | | |
| | | | Conclusion |
| - India | | | | |
| | | | As you can see, English is increasingly being |
| - Nepal | | | | taught to elementary, middle school and high |
| | | | school students all over the world. In many |
| - Middle East and North Africa | | | | of the schools in the countries listed above |
| | | | English is either mandatory, or offered as a |
| - United Arab Emirates | | | | foreign language study much like Spanish and |
| | | | French are taught in the U.S. In other |
| - Kuwait | | | | countries, English is offered as an option to |
| | | | those elite members of society who are in the |
| - Oman | | | | position to pay for private school or |
| | | | tutoring. |
| - Egypt (English is mandatory from the 4th | | | | |