English as a global language

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Across
  1. 3. The spread of English around the world is considered as a pattern of three .......
  2. 5. According to the study about accents, there is a lot of ......... about accents from all around Britain
  3. 7. An accent spoken by working-class people in East London
  4. 11. Name of a person or accent from Liverpool
  5. 13. The language you grow up speaking is known as a ...... tongue
  6. 14. A language used for trade and business, a simple version of English mixed with the local language
Down
  1. 1. American English sometimes uses a different .......... than British English
  2. 2. British and American English differ in many respects, including ........
  3. 4. In order to sound intelligent and trustworthy, you must speak English like the .....
  4. 6. John Agard wrote a .... about how it feels to be an immigrant who does not speak correct English
  5. 8. Name of the variety of English spoken in Asia - often because it's incorrect in a funny way
  6. 9. 'Lingua ......' means that a language is used by people who do not share a mother tongue
  7. 10. John Agard's poem was adressed to a professor from ...... University
  8. 12. The British ...... caused English to be spread around the world
  9. 15. The biggest British colony, known as 'Jewel in the Crown', where English is still an official language