THE WORLD OF ENGLISH

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THE WORLD OF ENGLISH
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These countries are all part of the
English-speaking world.

• 2.3 billion people in 50 countries.

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THE HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH-SPEAKING WORLD.
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British explorers and traders travelled to
discover new places

• Africa, Asia, America
• and the Pacific.
• The new coutries they
• discovered became part
• of the British Empire
• during the reign of
• Queen Victoria (19th century).

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EMIGRATION IN 19th and 20th CENTURIES.

• From the UK a lot of
• people went to these
• new countries.
• They took their language
• and their way of life.

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• But also a lot of colonies citizens (Indians,
  Pakistanis and Caribbeans) came to the UK to have
  a better life and more job opportunities.
• They already spoke English and they knew British
  culture, but, at the beginning, life for them was
  very difficult.

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THE COMMONWEALTH

• Some countries became
• independant from the British Empire after the
  World War II
• but they kept their links with Britain.
• The Commonwealth of Nations is an association of
  independent states formed by the United Kingdom
  and most of its ex-colonies.

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LINKS

• They have the British
• parliamentary and legal systems.
• People drive on the left.
• They have the same
• sporting traditions
• cricket, rugby and hockey.

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• The Commonwealth Games
• take place every four years
• and only Commmonwealth
• countries can participate.
• Next year, they're taking
• place in Glasgow,
• from the 23rd July
• until the 3rd August.

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• English-speaking countries are very different,
• but the English language
• is the common factor.
• People also speak local languages.
• The English language took some words
• pyjama and shampoo from India,
• kangaroo from Australia,
• banana from Africa.