English as a foreign language is spoken by billions of people globally toady. It has frequently been alluded to as ‘worldwide language’, the lingua franca of the modern era and currently the language most often taught across the world.
English is the mother tongue of more than 380 million people, and is used worldwide by the newspapers, magazines, scientists, businessmen, working professionals, politicians, and is taught in schools, colleges, and universities etc.
With the Information Technology revolution and most software and operating systems being developed in the English language, a new utility for written and oral communication in the English language has emerged. English is said to be the world’s most important language having communicative and educative value. English is used all over the worldnot out of any imposition but because of the realization that it has certain advantages.
English is beneficial to people from all walks of life. It’s hard to imagine a society without the English language.