A presentation about the places where English is spoken as an official first language.

1. ENGLISH SPEAKING
COUNTRIES
WHERE DO PEOPLE SPEAK
ENGLISH?

2. • 375 million people speak English as their
second language all over the world.
• 750 million people speak English as a
foreign language.
• 80% of websites are in English
• English is the official language in a lot of
countries.
• We’ll focus on the most important and well
known
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3. UNITED KINGDOM
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4. UK FACT FILE
• Which is the capital city of the UK?
• Which form of government do they have?
Who is the current prime minister?
• What is the population of the UK?
• What’s the currency?
• Which code do you have to dial to phone
someone in the UK?
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5. IMPORTANT CITIES: LONDON
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7. • London is the capital and largest British
city.
• There are above 7 million
inhabitants, nearly 14 including the
metropolitan area.
• Its diverse population comes from a wide
range of peoples, cultures and
religions, speaking over 300 different
languages.
• Heathrow, one of London’s five airports, is
the busiest in the world.
• It also has Europe's largest and oldest
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underground railway system

8. OTHER IMPORTANT CITIES
• London 7,285,000
• Birmingham 1,018,000
• Leeds 725,000
• Glasgow 611,000
• Sheffield 529,000
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9. There are other remarkable smaller
British cities
OXFORD
Well known because of its
university, the oldest in
the English-speaking
world.
A lot of famous people
studied at Oxford, from
scientists like Stephen
Hawking to actors like
Hugh Grant or writers like
Tolkien
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10. CAMBRIDGE University
is equally important
and also many
famous people
studied at Cambridge.
For
instance, Newton, Dar
win, Prince Charles…
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11. FAMOUS BRITONS
• Film stars Orlando Bloom, Kiera Knightley or
Daniel Radcliffe are British.
• Scientists Charles Darwin, Isaac
Newton, Michael Faraday or Stephen Hawking.
• Singers and bands include The Beatles, The
Rolling Stones, Elton John, Coldplay, Dido or
Robbie Williams
• Sportsmen and women David
Beckham, Sebastian Coe, Paula
Radcliffe, Lewis Hamilton
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12. REPUBLIC OF
IRELAND
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13. IRELAND FACT FILE
• Which is the capital city of Ireland?
• Who is the current president of the
Republic?
• What is the population of the Republic of
Ireland?
• What’s the currency?
• Which code do you have to dial to phone
someone in Ireland?
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14. IMPORTANT CITIES: DUBLIN
• Dublin is the
economic, administrative
and cultural centre of
Ireland.
• There are about 500.000
inhabitants
• Traditionally, the main
activity of the city was
brewing, but in the last
years a large number of
global pharmaceutical
and ICT companies have
located in Dublin.
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15. DUBLIN
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16. CORK
• Cork (population 119,143 ) is
the second city of the Republic
of Ireland and Ireland’s third
most populous city after Dublin
and Belfast.
• The city centre is an island in
river Lee
• Cork has the second largest
natural harbour in the
world, after Sydney, Australia.
• Cork is the home to
pharmaceutical companies like
Pfizer or Novartis and
technological companies like
Apple Inc.
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17. NEAR CORK: THE RING OF
KERRY
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18. LIMERICK
• Limerick is a city in the
west of Ireland. Its
population is about
90000.
• Limerick University is one
of the most important in
Ireland, specialising in
ingeneering, ICT and
sports science.
• Many people heard of it
after Frank McCourt’s
book Angela’s Ashes was
published.
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19. NEAR LIMERICK: THE BURREN
AND THE CLIFFS OF MOHER
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20. FAMOUS IRISH PEOPLE
• Actors Pierce Brosnan, Collin
Farrel, Richard Harris.
• Singers and bands like U2, Enya, The
Cranberries, The Corrs.
• Writers James Joyce, Oscar Wilde, Bram
Stoker, George Bernard Shaw and
Jonathan Swift.
• There are a lot of famous people of Irish
origin like USA President Kennedy.
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21. THE USA
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22. THE USA FACT FILE
• Which is the capital city of the USA?
• Which form of government do they have?
Who is the current president?
• What is the population of the USA?
• What’s the currency?
• Which code do you have to dial to phone
someone in the USA?
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23. IMPORTANT CITIES. NEW YORK
• New York isn’t the capital of the
USA but it is its most populous
and cosmopolitan city: about 8
m (22 m including the
metropolitan area)
• It is one of the world's leading
business, financial and cultural
centres
• Tourist attractions include the
Statue of Liberty, the Empire
State Building, Central Park, as
well as Broadway theatres or
shopping at Fifth Avenue
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24. I
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26. OTHER IMPORTANT CITIES
• Los Angeles, California 3,849,378
• Chicago, Illinois 2,873,321
• Houston, Texas 2,144,491
• Phoenix, Arizona 1,512,986
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27. HOLLYWOOD
• Hollywood is a district in
Los Angeles, but the name
is used to refer to the
American film industry.
• It is the home to a lot of
film, TV and radio
companies.
• Hollywood landmarks
include the Walk of Fame
(stars given to artists) and
the Kodak Theatre that
hosts the Academy Awards
(the Oscars)
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28. FAMOUS AMERICANS
The USA is such an big and important country that
it is almost impossible to mention only a few.
• Writers: Mark Twain, E. A.
Poe, Hemingway, Paul Auster.
• Actors Paul Newman, Meryl Strip, Leonardo Di
Caprio, Julia Roberts.
• Musicians well known not only for singing but
also for creating their own styles like rock and
roll (Elvis Presley), jazz (Lous Armstrong, Ella
Fitzgerald), soul (James Brown, Aretha
Franklin), hip hop (Eminem).
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29. SPORTS
• There are some sports
that we usually link to the
USA: baseball, football
(different from
soccer), basketball and
surfing.
• There are other popular
sports:
tennis, golf, soccer and
car racing (NASCAR is
more popular than F1)
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30. AUSTRALIA
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31. AUSTRALIA FACT FILE
• Which is the capital city of Australia?
• Which form of government do they have?
Who is the current Head of State? And the
current Prime Minister?
• What is the population of Australia?
• What’s the currency?
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32. IMPORTANT CITIES: SYDNEY
• Sydney is the most populous city in Australia, with a
metropolitan area population of approximately 4.28
million.
• It was the first European colony in Australia.
• It is Austalia’s largest financial and cultural centre as well
as a major tourist destination notable for its beaches.
• It is one of the most multicultural cities in the world.
• It held the Olympic Games in 2000.
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33. IMPORTANT CITIES: MELBOURNE
• Melbourne is the second most
populous city in Australia
(3,592,591).
• It is Australia's sporting and
cultural capital and it is home
to many cultural and sporting
events and institutions.
• It hosts most of Australia’s car
and ICT industries.
• It held the Olympic Games in
1956.
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34. OTHER IMPORTANT CITIES
• The capital city is Canberra (323,000 inhabitants)
• It is the location of the government, the Parliament and
many social and cultural institutions.
• Other important cities include Brisbane
(1,763,000), Perth (1,445,000), Adelaide (1,105,839 )
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35. REMARKABLE PLACES: ULURU
• Ayers Rock /Uluru (348 m
high / 863 m above sea
level) is a large
sandstone rock formation.
It is the biggest monolith
in the world.
• It has many
springs, waterholes, rock
caves and ancient
paintings.
• It is sacred to the
Aboriginal people of the
area.
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36. REMARKABLE PLACES: THE GREAT BARRIER REEF
• The Great Barrier Reef, the world's
largest coral reef, lies a short
distance off the north-east coast
and extends for over
2,000 kilometres.
• It is formed by about 3,000
individual reefs and 900 islands.
• The Great Barrier Reef supports a
great diversity of life, including
many endangered species.
• The most significant threat to the
Great Barrier Reef is climate
change as well as pollution and
poor water quality.
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37. FAMOUS AUSTRALIANS
• Film stars Nicole Kidman and Russell
Crowe.
• Singer Kylie Minogue.
• Sportsmen Mick Doohan, Ian
Thorpe, Mark Webber, Lleyton Hewitt.
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