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Now I have much fun writing letters to my American and British pen friends. I hope, some day we
shall meet each other and have a good time. All languages are different. Some are very difficult, some are
easy, some are similar, but there are no identical languages in the whole world. There are more than 7000
languages in the world. Most of them are “alive” because people use them, but there are “dead” languages,
for example, Latin was the world’s most important international language two thousands years ago. Today
this title belongs to English. Over two billion people speak English.
That’s almost one fifth of the world’s population. For over 800 million inhabitants’ it is the first
language. For other 1200 million it’s either a second language or a foreign language. Today, in fact, over
550 million people are learning English. That’s more than the population of the USA. English, is an
international language in the world. Most people are using this language in the daily life. Knowing English
has lots of benefits
not only in communication, but it also helps to improve the development in all the
spheres.
Learning English takes an important and valuable part of a person’s education, especially for people
working in companies using English as a main language.
There are many explanations for the importance of learning English: 1) Learning English helps
people communicate and travel easily. 2) Learning English is a good opportunity for your career. As you
can get more opportunities to cooperate with the customers and partners
from different countries, using
language without barriers. 3) Understanding documents relating to your job. 4) Understanding the English
language may help you to get acquainted with the worlds’ heritage of literature. 5) English is the language
of the media industry. If you speak English, you will not need to rely on translations and subtitles anymore,
enjoy your favorite books, songs, films and TV shows. 6) English is also the language of the Internet.
Majority of websites use English – so you will be able to take part in forums and discussions. 7) English is
based on a simple alphabet and it is fairly quick and easy to learn compared to other languages. 8) By
learning English, you will also learn about other cultures. 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. Today, there
are many people all over the world study English.
Most of them think that maybe English becomes their second language. But have you ever wondered:
“Why do we need to learn English?”. I am sure that it is very necessary and important to learn English now,
because English is the language of the planet. Now, I would like to say some words about the history of
this language. The rise of English is a story of wonderful success. When Julies Caesar landed in the 5th
century, English was already spoken by people, who inhabited Great Britain, but they were not many and
their English was not the language we know today.
Nearly thousand years later, at the end of the 16th
century when William Shakespeare created his works, English was the native language about 6 million
Englishmen. At the time English was not used anywhere else except Great Britain, but now English is the
main language of international aviation, shipping and the major language of diplomacy. In order to have a
good job one should know foreign languages. One of the most widespread language in the world is English.
But every well-educated person in the world speaks English, because it is the language of communication,
business, science and culture.
English is now the most important and popular language in the world. It is the state language in five
countries: Great Britain, Canada, the USA, Australia and New Zealand. English is one of the six official
and working languages of the United Nations. It is the second working
language in the European
Community. In many Asian and African countries, such as India or Egypt, in former British colonies people
speak English besides their native one. People also speak English in Europe. English is spoken practically
all over the world. In a word, I understand that I have to learn English hard in a proper way.
I think English is worth studying. There is a proverb “A new language – a new world”. So I can say
that English is absolutely necessary to know for every educated person, for every good specialist today. In
conclusion, we will know learning English can get three major benefits, which are becoming an
international person, communicating with any people in the world, and improving the changes in the job.
