Module 1 ENGLISH IN THE WORLD 1. Today s lingua franca 2. The rise and decline of the British Empire 3. The fall of the British Empire Alaska Canada Québec Ireland United Kingdom U.S.A. Gibraltar Malta Bermuda Jamaica Bahamas Gambia Nigeria Sierra Leone Liberia Ghana Guyana Cameroon Pakistan India Bangladesh Hong Kong Burma Philippines Sudan Ethiopia Uganda Sri Kenya Lanka Malaysia Papua Tanzania Singapore New Guinea Malawi Mauritius Zambia Zimbabwe Namibia Australia Swaziland Botwana Lesotho South Africa New Zealand Mother Tongue Second Language