Where English is spoken

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countries.

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Obviously, countries like the UK,

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Australia, Canada, and Ireland speak

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English, but there are also a lot of

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other countries where people speak

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English. For example, English is the

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major language of Belize, Guyana,

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Jamaica, the Bahamas, and other

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countries, too. There are a lot of

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English-speaking countries. Also, many

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people around the world speak English as

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their second language. In every country,

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there are people who are learning

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English. As a teacher, I've taught

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students from over 80 different

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countries. Cool, huh? We don't know

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exactly how many people speak English as

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a second language, but there are a lot.

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Okay, now let's talk about the history

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of English. The first form of English

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appeared in the 5th century AD.

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Today, we call this early English Old

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English. Old English was very different

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from Modern English. I can't understand

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Old