Every year many people in the world learn English. Some of them are young children. (1) _others______ are teenagers. Many are adults. Some learn at school, and some learn in evening classes. A few learn English by (2) ___themselves____ or just by (3) ___listening ____ to the language on television or among their friends. Most people must work hard to learn English. (4) __why_____ do all these people want to learn English? It is difficult to answer that question.

Young children learn English at school to study better at their subject. Many adults learn English because (5)___it is ___ of their useful for their work. Teenagers often learn English for their (6) ___higher___ studies, because some of their books are written (7) __in____ English at college and university. Other people learn English because they want to read English newspapers or magazines for (8) ____information__ and entertainment.