QAQ More than 3 000languages are spoken in the world. Of all there languages, English is the most widely used. Recent studies show that over 400 million people speak English as their mother tongue. The United States has the largest number of English speakers; over 266 million people speak English as their second language. Even though it is not the first or second language in many countries, such as Japan, Germany, France and China, it is also learned as a foreign language. English is also widely used by the world’s airlines and in international business. And two thirds of the world’s scientists read in English. About 200 million users of the Internet communicate in English, too. The English language is becoming more and more important.