Tashkent state technical university

III. Independent work on topic Mining industry in Great Britain Head of the department ----------------------------- M. B. Ganikhanova Protocol №

TASHKENT STATE TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY Department of “Foreign Languages” Faculty: Geology and Prospecting; Mining and Metallurgy; Group № -------- Student’s name & surname ---------------------------------------------------- Intermediate control work on English. Variant № 6 Translate: English-Speaking Countries English is the language of the people of England. At the same time it is the language of the people of many other countries. Those countries are called English-speaking countries. About three hundred million people use English as their mother tongue. And, as you know, other hundreds of millions use English as their second language. Many centuries ago English was spoken in England only. Then English was brought to other lands in different parts of the world, lands that were British colonies. There were British colonies in America, Asia and Africa. India, Australia and New Zealand were also British colonies. English people first brought the English language to the North American continent in 1607. Today the largest English-speaking country in the world is the United States of America. Another English-speaking country in North America is Canada. What other countries are there whose population use English as their mother tongue? They are on the other side of the world. They are Australia and New Zealand. English is also spoken in India and South Africa and in some other African countries. Answer the questions: 1. Why is English spoken in many parts of the world? 2. When was English brought to America? 3. What are the names of the main English-speaking countries? 4. Which is the largest English-speaking country in the world today?