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  The problem of learning languages is very important today . Foreign languages are socially demanded especially at the present time when the progress in science and technology has led to an explosion of knowledge and has contributed to an overflow of information . The total knowledge of mankind is known to double every seven years . Foreign languages are needed as the main and most efficient means of information exchange of the people of our planet . Today English is the language of the world . Over 350 million people speak it as a mother tongue . The native speakers of English live in Great Britain , the United States of America , Australia and New Zealand . English is one of the official languages in the Irish Republic , Canada , the South African Republic . As a second language it is used in the former British and US colonies . It is the maj...

  The   American   system   of   school   education   differs   from   the   systems   in   other   countries .   There   are   state   public   schools ,   private   elementary   schools   and   private   secondary   schools .   Public   schools   are   free   and   private   schools   are   fee-paying .   Each   state   has   its   own   system   of   public   schools .   Elementary   education   begins   at   the   age   of   six   or   seven ,   when   a   child   goes   to   the   first   grade   ( form ).   At   the   age   of   sixteen   schoolchildren   leave   the   elementary   school   and   may   continue ...