what for what our students say growth and expansion influences
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according to research by the british council, english has
official or special status in at least seventy-five countries with a
total population of over two billion. english is spoken as a native
language by around 375 million and as a second language by around 375
million speakers in the world. speakers of english as a second language
will soon 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 worlds population speak english to some level of
competence. demand from the other three-quarters is increasing.

native- the language you learned at home with your family when you
were small.
official- the language that is used in official documents, spoken on
the radio and on television
second language -...