Useful links on Section 1: World languages: local and global?

• Advice for learning languages
• Different ways and general tips to help learn foreign languages
• A collection of advice, suggestions, tips and techniques for learning langu …
• Brief information on the world's greatest polyglot linguist
• What multilingualism is, who polyglots are, the most famous polyglots
• An interesting article from New York Times on Globish English
• Encyclopaedia entry about Globish English
• What is the “globish” language?
• The list of words in the English language that have been borrowed (loaned)
•  Major periods of borrowing in the history of English
• Brief information with examples from Oxford dictionaries on borrowings into
• An article about Russian borrowings in English  
• An article about connections between the Russian and English vocabulary
• A brief article about the world's most popular foreign languages
• Top 10 most widely spoken languages in the world
• Brief information on the most widespread languages in the world
• A list of countries where English is an official language
• How English kept spreading in the world
• Encyclopaedia entry about English as a global language