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100

It is estimated that about 10% of words in this language are loaned from English

Japanese

100

The EU added English as an official language in this year

1973

100

True or false: English is an official language in Ghana

True

100

This percentage of EU students learn English as their first foreign language

90%

100

This is what ELF stands for

English as a Lingua Franca

200

This variety of English can be considered the third-largest, after American and British

Indian English

200

A conference in London was held in this year which discussed whether New Englishes should be considered legitimate varieties

1984

200

In this country, English is the official language despite being used by only 7% of the population

Namibia

200

Tanzania has adopted English as the medium of instruction in this level of school

secondary schools

200

This is what AEC stands for

ASEAN Economic Community

300

A majority of Assistant Language Teachers of English in Japan are from this country

United States

300

English is compulsory for Chinese primary school students starting from this grade/age (either accepted)

Grade 3/Age 9

300

This country rejected a 2010 proposal to make English an official second language

Thailand

300

In Cambodia, these two languages replaced Vietnamese and Russian as the two foreign languages taught

French and English

300

Finish this phrase from the Jakarta Post: No English, no ____

diplomacy

400

In Uganda, Kenya, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and Malawi, English is used in all official capacities except for this

Local court (only sometimes used)

400

English was taken out of the curriculum in Indonesia in this year

2013

400

This country uses English as the official language of the constitution, but also include national languages Yoruba, Igbo, Hausa

Nigeria

400

This government initiative in Vietnam plans to require English teachers to achieve B2 proficiency

Project 2020

400

In Thailand, a certain level of English proficiency allowed citizens to be exempt from this

military service

500

This country’s contact with English can be traced to 1579 with the arrival of Father Thomas Stephens

India

500

In South Korea, the first English language school was established to train interpreters in this year

1883

500

This language is the most recent addition to the official languages of the EU in 2013

Croatian

500

In South Korea, this amount is about how much is spent on study abroad programs each year

$830 million

500

China hosted this global event in 2008

The Olympics