Language refers to the signs or speech used by the human beings to express their emotions, views, opinions, and experiences. Human beings cannot think of living a valuable life without using a language. Without languages, every economic, political, and social activity will cease, affecting everyday activities taking place across the world. Use of languages by the current generation eases the communicative and learning ways of the future generation. Language is a basic instrument used by teachers to communicate the knowledge to the students.
Everybody these days values the importance of English and consequently they strive hard in order to enhance their English skills.
English language is considered to be a general language and everybody understands its significance. An individual who is excellent in spoken and written English acquire more opportunities than the other people. Majority of the organizations and companies look for this kind of candidates. Therefore it’s really significant to improve English skills since it’s never too late.
Why learning English is important?
Individuals who aren’t very eager on writing English, still, for them it could be a good beginning. It is very significant to begin writing English as soon as possible. Perhaps a person can begin writing a diary. This must be integrated in the everyday task wherein it turns out to be a pattern and then the individual would soon realize how he/she is going to the betterment of his/her English skills.
One incredibly good means to enhance English skills especially in communication skill is by reading several books which have many conversations in it. Reading these books would help in enhancing the accent of every word. It is essential to note that particular words that are spoken in particular ways. A few words have more importance on them and the others have less.
These days a lot of new English programs are increasing its rate all over the state. These courses are simple to be tracked and could be taken up as side course together with the major course. This means it is simple to develop English skills. One more way is to read newspapers and magazines. A lot of newspapers make use of very plain yet good English that is easy to understand and the significances are as well not very hard to comprehend.
Enhancing your English skill isn’t a very hard job if a few methods are followed correctly. English is an essential language to learn and knowing its value a lot of people are taking up numerous English courses to develop their English skills.
The importance of English: 10 reasons to learn the language
1. English is a global language: English is the most commonly spoken language in the world. One out of five people can speak or at least understand English!
2. Studying English can help you get a job: English is the language of science, of aviation, computers, diplomacy, and tourism. Knowing English increases your chances of getting a good job in a multinational company within your home country or of finding work abroad.
3. Learning English can help you meet new people: English is the official language of 53 countries and is used as a lingua franca (a mutually known language) by people from all around the world. This means that whether you’re working in Beijing, or travelling in Brazil, studying English can help you have a conversation with people from all over the world.
4. Many scientific papers are written in English: In the last century, the number of scientific papers written in English has started to outweigh the number of papers written in the native language of the researcher. In the Netherlands, for example, the ratio is a surprising 40 to 1. For this reason, having knowledge of English is incredibly important to those working in the scientific field.
5. English is the language of the media industry: Because of the prominence of Hollywood in global media, an enormous amount of films, TV shows and popular songs are written in English. If you speak English, you won't need to rely on translations and subtitles anymore to enjoy your favourite books, songs, films and TV shows.
6. English is the language of the Internet: English is a particularly important language online with more than half the content on the internet written in English. As well as this, some of the world’s largest tech companies are based in English speaking countries.
7. Travelling is a lot easier with a good knowledge of English: Imagine you’re a Spanish person on holiday in Thailand, while your hotel receptionist might not be able to answer your question in Spanish; it’s likely they will be able to answer your question in English.
8. English is one of the most important languages for business: Whether you’re a business owner, student or employee, English is incredibly important in the business world. English is considered to be one of the most important business languages due to being the de facto language of the United States and the official language of the UK, Canada, India and South Africa.
9. With English, you can study all over the world: Since English is spoken in so many different countries there are thousands of schools and universities around the world that offer programmes in English. If you speak English, there're lots of opportunities for you to find an appropriate school and course to suit your academic needs.
10. English gives you access to multiple cultures: A good knowledge of English will allow you to access films, music and literature from hundreds of countries around the globe. Not to mention the fact that numerous books from across the world are translated into English. Few experiences will make you grow as a person more than learning the values, habits and way of life in a culture that is different from yours.
Language as a tool to communicate is not an end in itself. It is crucial that language spoken a large population helps them to develop themselves in every field. The government must ensure that schools are available in every region belonging to a minority community. At the same time, the academic subjects taught in a school must be according to the language spoken by that particular community. A person can only make effective use of his language if an opportunity to him is provided similar to every other person.
By Prof. Urban D’Souza, Principal of CBSE School, Bangalore