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  1. English as a second or foreign language is the use of English by speakers with different native languages, often with students whose native language is not English and are learning to speak and write English, commonly among students.

  2. As of 2016, 400 million people spoke English as their first language, and 1.1 billion spoke it as a secondary language. [68] English is the largest language by number of speakers. English is spoken by communities on every continent and on islands in all the major oceans.

  3. Contents. hide. Beginning. English language. English is a language that started in Anglo-Saxon England. It is originally from Anglo-Frisian and Old Saxon dialects. English is now used as a global language. There are about 375 million native speakers (people who use it as their first language) in the world. [3]

  4. Teaching English as a second ( TESL) or foreign language ( TEFL) and teaching English to speakers of other languages ( TESOL) are terms that refer to teaching English to students whose first language is not English.

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