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Volunteers for English in Sri Lanka (VESL) was established to provide children at rural Sri Lankan schools with the opportunity to gain from native English speakers. VESL's projects aim to encourage learning, advance confidence levels in spoken English and promote cultural understanding.
Pages in category "English-language newspapers published in Sri Lanka" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Lake House is Sri Lanka's oldest publication company. Its Daily News English daily was the first Sri Lankan newspaper to be published on-line. At present Dinamina, Resa, [3] Daily News, Thinakaran, Sunday Observer, [4] Silumina, Budusarana and Sarasaviya publications are available on-line.
The European Union is a supranational union composed of 27 member states. The total English-speaking population of the European Union and the United Kingdom combined (2012) is 256,876,220 [69] (out of a total population of 500,000,000, [70] i.e. 51%) including 65,478,252 native speakers and 191,397,968 non-native speakers, and would be ranked 2nd if it were included.
English Maltese Maltenglish Mixed case Give mummy a kiss. Tiha bewsa 'l ommok. Tiha kiss 'ill-mummy. In a Maltese sentence The actor of that film took the limo to meet the director. L-attur ta' dak il-film mar jiltaqa' mad-direttur bil-limużin. L-actor ta' dak il-film mar jiltaqa' mad-director bil-limo. In an English sentence
Tri-lingual voting document for the later cancelled 1930 elections in Malta in English, Italian and Maltese. Malta has two official languages: Maltese and English. Maltese is the national language. Until 1934, Italian was also an official language in Malta, and in the 19th and 20th centuries there was a linguistic and political debate known as ...
The United Kingdom, the United States, Australia, and New Zealand, where the overwhelming majority of native English speakers reside, do not have English as an official language de jure, but English is considered their de facto official language because it dominates in these countries. [citation needed]
From 1871 to 1881, about 8,000 workers found jobs in the Malta docks and a number of banks opened in Malta. By 1882, Malta reached the height of its prosperity. However, the boom did not last long. By the end of the 19th century, the economy began declining and by the 1940s, Malta's economy was in serious crisis.