Why English become an international language

English has become an internationally spoken language largely because of the size of the British Empire. The British explored the globe, settled in numerous regions such as Africa, Asia, Australia and North America. Although the empire is no more, a legacy of English language was left with the countries. At the same time, England was one of the most active trading countries in world. Traders in other countries found it beneficial to learn English to develop trade links and do business with the British. Of the countries once in the British Empire, America, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, numerous African countries as well as many smaller countries and islands still use English as the main language. English is by no means the easiest language to learn but has been accepted as the main international language because of the wide use of it a century ago and because of the    . number of large trading nations today that speak English as a first.

As American power eclipsed that of Great Britain, people didn't have to   

learn a new language to deal with the new power - Americans spoke  

English, too. So English's position became more entrenched. 
 

English is a language of international communication. It is used in  

many  swears of life e.g. all the messages at the air ports are in English.  

English is used in tourism, trade (handel), technology. All the newest  

things within technology is printed in English. So it's very useful to  

speak  English. It is spoken by a lot of people in the world. It's one of  

official languages in United Nation and European Union. It's easy to  

communicate English everywhere. It's not a very difficult language. All  

computers languages and programmes are closely connected with  

English. A lot of information in the internet is also written in English.