It is fascinating to know that out of the estimated 7.5 Billion people on earth, 1.5 Billion speak English. This implies that 20% of the world population speaks English. For this reason alone, making English as your second language is certainly a wiser choice to make. Even if the population of English speakers is overlooked for a second, the fact that it is the official business language across the globe is compelling enough to set the idea of learning English in motion.

Additionally, from travelling perspective to even consuming the media, people often find themselves in situations where they wished they had known how to converse better in English. The best way to learn English is to learn it by enrolling yourself in a language course offered by a good school or learn it through the help of a native speaker.

From the secluded islands of Barbados and Antigua to the global economies such as the United Kingdom, India and the United States, English is spoken and recognised at every level. Therefore, by learning English you are not only reducing your prospects of getting caught off guard without proper skills, but are also proliferating your chances of employability across the globe.

With many employers making it a mandate at recruitment level to know English, it is high-time that you take progressive steps towards it.

Here are some interesting facts about English:

  1. English originated from North West Germany and the Netherlands. The use of modern English dates back to the 14th century, and Dutch and West Flemish are the closest languages.
  2. English is the official language of the sky! All the pilots on an international flight in addition to all the air traffic controllers for these flights should know how to communicate in English.
  3. The most used adjective in the English language is ‘good’ and the most used noun is ‘time’, and the most misspelt word in the language is ‘pronouncition’ did we get it right? Oops it is ‘pronunciation’.