English As A Second Language

1. The Commonwealth of Nations

The Commonwealth of Nations, also known as the Commonwealth or the British Commonwealth, is a voluntary association of 53 independent sovereign states, most of them are former British colonies, or dependencies of these colonies (the exceptions being...

Wednesday, 14 January 2009 | 114 hits | Read more

2. English Speaking Countries

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...

Wednesday, 07 January 2009 | 426 hits | Read more

3. Young Britons shy away from learning languages

Two out of three teenagers in Britain are keen to work abroad but most of them don't speak foreign languages. Government figures show that 58% of 11-18 year olds in the UK have no foreign language skills, and this has a negative effect on the...

Sunday, 11 January 2009 | 122 hits | Read more