Why has English developed as a world language? 

English now spoken in Rwanda. They've switched from French to English. English being taught in all schools now.

There's also the internet: RU-vid, Reddit, Twitter are American and dominated by English

Why has English developed as a world language? Dr Mariko Kitazawa, from #FLlanguage, explains.

THANK YOU! I speak and understand English, French, and Spanish, but I’m regularly surprised, happily, by the number of ENGLISH SPEAKERS publishing on RU-vid who live in Russia, China and other non-colonial foreign language nations.

Can anyone tell me why some comments here say they don't like her English?? I just wonder why. I feel she speaks very good english.

I love english more than I love my mother language... Having said that, we should all learn esperanto instead for use on an international stage

This was very fair, accurate and well done. I've heard others speak of the spread of English as if it is oppressive. Thanks to the economic forces that have resulted in the spread of English, someone from, for example, an African country can speak to and get know someone from China. I think it's a good thing that people from so many different countries are taught English as a second language. It can bring people together.

English and Latin are also the technological language as it were English speakers who made majority of the technologies and innovated it. That is why there are so many Asians that come to North America to learn English.

In my opinion there is another reason besides that: English is very simple. I am a native Portuguese speaker and i can see how complicated is Portuguese if you compare with English.

The British did NOT start to colonized Australia and New Zealand in the 17th century, it was the 18th century.

Good video, you should also have mentioned that English is the compulsory language used in international aviation & seafaring

There's many reasons why english is common..i think America being at the front of the entertainment industry is a big part of it..All the movie's and singers..Then that also gives pop culture and many modern trends.. another big part is the fast money and American professionals playing a big part in the world commerce..

I agree with your thesis. Nice video. I think that business is a really big reason. I've taught English around the world. Business and economic motivate people to learn English. Businesses also provide free English language training to employees in many countries. Lots of international companies like Samsung in Korea, Honda in Japan, etc. provide English training to staff so that they can communicate with foreign business people. Also, American and British companies have a big presence in the world. E.g. IBM, Apple, Coke, Boeing, DHL, Shell Oil, Exxon, Walmart, etc. These companies employ a lot of people all around the world. A person might be an indonesian working for IBM, so he/she learns English just by interacting with IBM co-workers around the world.

english is the official language of islamic republic of pakistan we love english we speaking english mostly on social media and in educational institutions

There is a remarkable mistake in the map of British colonies that in blue colour, One of the the most African countries that speak fluent English is Uganda. To my surprise it is not included in the map. Although it is a small country in middle Africa but it is considered to be the best English speaker in the continent.

English is growing in the Indian Subcontinent at a rapid pace. Proficiency in English is thought to be synonymous with growth and development. Within 2 generations almost everyone in the Subcontinent will be able to speak in English and that will mean that the Indian Subcontinent will reap massive benefits of globalization. English will rule the world for decades in future.

This is good. No need to memorize the gender for every nouns.

thankyou! Very informative and good structrure fellow intellectual

people across the world started to adopt english according to their own every day needs

Long live the English language

Grüße von dem Inder Ezza

ok tenho q fzr umas tarefa sobre isso em ingles

When I go abroad in different countries, you have the language of the country and the translation in English in the airports,train stations, touristic places for example

Massive error in when Australia and New Zealand were settled…19th century, not 17th.

Australia didn't see British settlers intol 1788. That's the 18th century not the 17th

All former colonies of England;including USA; have English speaking people!Now English has beacme No.1. Global International Language.One who speaks;reads;writes;talks;understands English can travel world over without any effort!

Have Brazilian people in this video?

Great Video. I think there are 10 different type of english dialect and are continue changing. I work with indian in India and tjeir english ia different. In the USA we had a lot of borrowed english words from german & italian immigrants 100 years ago. Today we are because of 40m hispanic from central & south america. In the future english will comprised of 100 different dialect

Reason is the majority of people now speak English, but there are different types of English which spoken. Talking to you at you and in question English. I’m speaking of how English is being spoken in a manner.

Proud to be English and proud that my ancestors created the English language.

Very well done.... We need a world language. English has certain advantages and has been simplified over time that makes it a good language for everyone.

For Canada on the map Quebec shouldn't be shaded, 80% of the people there speak French.

I misheard "emergence of America" as "murder of America" and... I mean, they're both true

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Danke dir

i learned all the english i know from growing up on youtube 😁

*Philippines has English it was Filipino English or American English*

Her accent is amazing !

One of the contradictions of an imperialism mindset is that imperialists expect others to speak english, or french, or spanish, but then they criticize the way that the people colonized by their ancestors speak their languages. Come on! Wake up! English, french and spanish are not our mother languages. XD

Her English is great. Very proper

I am Brazil

Отметьте все правильные ответы. При выборе ошибочного варианта баллы вычитаются. a. now taught as a second and foreign language in most countries b. a common language of science c. the main language of international organizations d. now taught as a second language only in most countries e. is the main language of national organizations f. now taught as a foreign language only in most countries Тупо делаю домашку в вузе по этому видео)))))))))

sources in description plz

this lady is super intelligent

Small little country like England ... made the WORLD speak its language ..... now thats power

You speak English with excellent grammar and vocabulary, its just you have a heavy accent and pronunciation.

Very difference how this woman pronounce the word "expansion" I was understanding the word "ex-spurgeon". I never saw nobody speaking like her.

The British empire the biggest empire the world has ever seen.

India will be the largest English-speaking country in the future

English is a more efficient languge. Look at your instruction leaflet next time you buy an appliance. All the other languages use a lot more characters to say the same thing.

In one word. Colonialism

It's hard to speak exactly like British people unless selected group of people

you forgot to highlight the uae for british empire -_-

All those countries speak English the only difference is the accent.

Excellent diction.

HI FRESHIES

Man minha prof mandou eu ver esse vídeo mas ñ entendi foi nada

The video the Philippines (the Greater America).

To the presenter in this video. Your English is excellent! Congratulations to you.

men hej alin var är nogo

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Do you have sources for your information?

The Japanese lady in the video is trying to speak very good English...

Tendi foi nada

Slightly disappointed, it seems too simplistic (and it ignored Wales at the start!). I think there are important points not included like the agenda of the empire to spread English culture and English's flexibility to integrate foreign vocab and grammar, which restricted French, Turkish, German language development more in their colonies.

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Fek' la anglan! Ĉiuj devas scii, ke Esperanto estas la vera kaj nura internacia lingvo, kiu estas politike kaj kulture neŭtrala. Mi esperas, ke Esperanto finfine venkas la tutan Teron! Forĵetu koloniajn lingvojn! Lernu Esperanton! Vivu la Fina Venko!

Latin American Spanish should be the world language. kcuF English

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Because of superpower of United States

English is the easiest language in the world

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English comes from England and yet British English is the one I struggle the most to understand as a non native speaker.

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Why she's pronouncing EMPIRE as Empi-er?

If your learning English, take it slow. Be sure to have the pronunciation first, than speed it up. "Langlice" is not an acceptable way to pronounce "Language". Also. Learn your f*cking script.

为什么中国或日本不国际化

You can tell Japan is a smart country because "English" isn't widely used in the country. Instead, they prioritize their own language and yet manage to be one of the most developed countries of the world.

America fuck yeah?

you have wrong sister sudan is not english

q horror de video

This language represents NOTHING to me except a mean of communication. I use it only to connect with internationals. I have no pride in using it knowing the history associated with it. 🌍

Yeah you are from China or world

learn forgein language for reach to knowledge but which never be your educational language otherwise you can lost the your cultur,main language and nation like ireland,algeria,tunis,singapore etc...,education has to be in your own language !

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Why has English developed as a world language?....... - Answer: just because of USA´s power, without USA´s contribution english language would be right now spoken by 120-150 millions worldwide (which are the english speakers created worldwide through the British Empire). So without USA´s contribution english language would be right now spoken by 120-150 millions, just like is: French, spoken by around 270 millions Portuguese, spoken by around 250 Russian, spoken by 220 Japanish, spoken by 130 German, spoken by around 100 Italian, spoken by around 70-80 millions. Etc If USA´s main language was french, now the french would be the global language, if german now the german would be the global language, if bulgarian........ now the bulgarian language would be the global language. Right now spanish language is the second most spoken language in USA, with around 80 millions of hispanos along the USA territory. It is expected they to be around a half of total USA´s population for 2050. Therefore by the moment when spanish is also an official language in USA, spanish will be also a global language and even will exceed english cos spanish is the second most spoken native language in the world, reaching every continent, plus it is easier to be learned by chinese, slavic, arabian, african and japanish populations than the english language (spanish is readed the way it is written, just like the african or slavic languages, the arabic, the japanish or the chinese). By the other hand, if we combine spanish with the other 2 mutual understandable languages for the spanish speakers: italian and portuguese, the whole comunity of total speakers worldwide exceeds the 800 millions of speakers, and obviously, to the rest of the romance languages speakers (that´s, french and romanian speakers), it is easier to learn spanish than english......, in despite of english is influenced by french around a 30% due to the french dominion over England during 200 consecutive years after the norman invasion. USA is a kind of cultural amplifier for the whole world due to its political, economical and military power .

British colonization

So ne scheiße aber auch

Je sais que personne va me répondre mais franchement je pense que faire de l'anglais, le français( ou une langue d'un autre peuple) une langue commune au monde serait un danger pour l'humanité car on ferais la même connerie aux temps des colonies on serait dans une forme de pensée unique et ça nocives pour nous dans le futur. Donc le mieux pour l'humanité ça serait qu' on invente une langue universelle du style de espéranto (y crois pas trop à cette langue) qui regroupe des mots de chaque peuple car c'est que comme ça qu'on pourra s'en sortir.

Ich werd’s nicht nochmal schauen

wtf am i hearing?, these slanters are trying to taking over the internet :v

Don't speak English like this . . .

Your "English" so funny :vvvv

this ladies english goes to a british accent to a chinese fob lol

Bad english