2. English as a world universal language It is difficult to present modern world without English language. Today it is one of the most widespread languages in the world. English language is the language of Englishmen (an official language of Great Britain), Americans (an official language of the USA), one of two official languages of Ireland, Canada and Malta, an official language of Australia, New Zealand, it is used by the population of some states of Asia (India, Pakistan, etc.) and Africa, using them as official languages as well. It is one of six official and working languages of United Nations. Nowadays English has actually become the world universal language. It is native for 500 million persons in 12 countries of the world. One more billion speaks English as the second language. Thus, about one and a half billion people in the world speak English. Besides, English is the most teaching language in the world.

3. English language prevails on the sea transport and in mass media. English language is the language of travel and communication on international airlines. At all international airports pilots and dispatchers speak English without fail.

4. Five largest broadcasting companies - CBS, NBC, ABC, BBC and CBC - cover potential audience of about 500 million persons by means of broadcasting in English. English is also the language of satellite television.

5. Computers talk to each other in English as well. Most of all information in more than 200 million computers all over the world is stored in English.

6. Eighty percent of all international telephone conversations are made in English.

7. Instructions to computer programs and programs themselves are mostly met only in English.

8. More than 90 % of all scientific works and the world are published in English. More than a half of the world technical and scientific editions are issued in English.

9. English is the basic language of Internet.

10. According to the latest philological researches, English language will only strengthen its positions in the world in the nearest future, remaining, first of all, the international means of communication.