English learning still a struggle

PAPUA New Guineans will always struggle with English grammar because it is our second or third language.
Only 50,000 Papua New Guineans have English as their first language, according to the 2000 National Census.
This may have changed in the last 20 years.
Spoken English differs from written English.
There are different ways of using written English depending on the formality and genre of writing.
Spelling, grammar and punctuation change depending on who is writing and for who is reading.
Some interesting points about English languages: there are more non-native speakers of English than native speakers; nearly four out of five English-speaking interactions happen between non-native speakers of English.
Anyway, English is rapidly becoming a lingua franca in international communication for commerce and trade, education, science, international relations and tourism.
It is the fastest growing language in the world, with more people speaking English than ever before.
For Papua New Guinea to be on par with the world, schools must focus on literacy.
Literacy enables our students to gain information, think critically, develop ideas and form opinions for our country, our province, our wantoks and for ourselves.

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