INTERACTIVE ENGLISH

english is an international language of education, business, commerce, science, medicine, and other domains of the society

it refers to the nativized varieties of english around the world

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native language, primary langauge, and mother tongue, they are assumed to be languages which are acquired during early childhood

an additional language, official language needed for education, employment, and other basic purposes

one not widely used in learners’ immediate social context which might be used for future travel or other cross cultural communication situations

history, linguistic differences, language policy, migration patterns

identifiable style of pronunciation, syllable by stress, pitch and duaration, pronunciation patterns of a variety of speech

china, egypt, indonesia, israel, korea, nepal, japan, saudi arabia, taiwan, russia, zimbabwe

Bangladesh, Ghana, India, Kenya, Malaysia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Zambia