ENGLISH SPEAKING COUNTRIES

Today English is an international language. To learn English is very important especially for eastern European countries, because it is the only way how to communicate with the rest of the world. Unfortunately, we are not lucky to be born in a country where the English is not the main spoken language. English is the mother tongue for the inhabitants of the United Kingdom, Ireland, the USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Then there are a great number of countries where English is spoken as the second language, for example some African countries, some Asian countries, Belgium and Holland.
English is spoken in many different dialects within the UK and throughout the rest of the world. The written language also varies with the biggest differences existing between British English (BE) and American English (AE). American English is more phonetic where the spelling of words matches more closely how it would be pronounced. For example, color (AE) and colour (BE). Further examples are; speclialize (AE) and specialise (BE), theater (AE) and theatre (BE).
Having a vocabulary of over half a million words, learning English is not only difficult for foreigners to learn but native speakers too. The tricky part is spelling and pronunciation, especially when two words are spoken the same but have different spellings and meanings. However, this makes learning English fun and a lifetime experience.