The Importance of Language

By Maria Vianey (Level 7A)

I am a high school student who speaks English on a daily basis. I speak English mostly to my family and friends. Speaking good English helps me a lot in my daily life because English is found nearly everywhere; shop signs, books, movies, etc. Speaking English helps me a lot in my daily live.

Speaking English is really useful when it comes to visiting a place you have never been to, for example, visiting a country in which its people speak different language. English is one of the most commonly spoken languages, so there is a chance that people from the country you are visiting at least understand English.

By knowing English, you can watch, read or listen to songs without relying on their translations as you can understand it directly. It will become less complicated to do the things you like, especially if they speak English.

Knowing English also helps in the future. It will increase your chance of getting to study abroad or accepted for a job in your desired country. Another situation in which speaking English can help you is, for example, your job is a director in a company and one of your workers doesn’t speak your first language. You can probably still talk to that person in English, since English is spoken by about 400 million people, and an official language of about 50 or more different countries.

English is also the language of the Internet, so by knowing English, you can easily understand websites or social media easily as they are mostly in English.

English is also used in most video games. If you like to play games or video games, knowing English can help you understand the texts or conversations without struggling. It is not only in video games but also other games, such as board games. Usually the rules or the descriptions of the game are written in English.

Studying English is really simple. It uses the simple alphabet, so it is easy to understand. You can easily study English, such as by going to English courses, watching English movies or TV shows, listening to English songs or reading English books. You can try speaking English at home to your family or friends slowly day by day. You can watch English movies without subtitles and try to understand them. You can do the same with books and songs as well.

There are many different ways of studying English. You have many choices to choose. As you can see, studying English as a second language is important. So, go ahead and study English!