ENGLISH IS THE WORLD'S POPULAR LANGUAGE.

It's a conventional wisdom that English is used in many countries and in many areas of life. Below are some reasons why many people believe that "English is the world's most popular language".

First of all, we can see that besides the UK, many countries use English as their mother tongue, such as: Canada, Australia, New Zealand... According to a statistic, there're 402 million people speak English as their mother tongue and about one billion people speak English all over the world. And this number seems to be growing as many countries are finding more and more effective ways to teach English to their citizens, such as "English villages" for kids like in South Korea or sending their kids to summer camps where English is the main language....

Secondly, English now is the language spoken in top universities, multinational firms and the scientific community. Most science books and other sources of information are written in English. If you want to learn something in the right way, English is the best tool for you to research. In Korean, many universities require their students to pass the TOEFL to graduate. In addition, many employers require applicants to be qualified in English. Comparably, the person who passed a key English exam will make double the salary of the one who failed.

Finally, English is the language of tourism and the media. When you go on a tour to a foreign country, the guides, if needed to use foreign language, surely will use English. The media, which is very popular in our daily lives today, uses English as the main language in news, as well as other programs that broadcasted worldwide.

In conclusion, we can see that English appears almost everywhere in the world, in every part of our lives and this role maybe long maintained.