English is a language spoken all around the world.
There are more than 42 countries where the majority of the people speak English.
Most native speakers of English are found in the United Kingdom,
the United States of America,Canada,Australia,
South Africa,Ireland and New Zealand.
In total,for more than 375 million people English is their mother tongue.
And equal number people learn English as a second language.
These people will perhaps speak the language of their own country at home with their family,
but the language of the government,schools,newspapers and TV is English.
This situation is found in counties such an India,
Pakistan,Nigeria and the Philippines.
However,the number of people who learn English as a foreign language is more than 750 million.
Everywhere in the world children go to school to learn English.