English Language

In this mid 20th century, English language has been widely used around the world now, becoming the leading language of communication internationally, it is widely learned as a second language and used as an official language in many countries, as well as in many world organizations. It is the most natively spoken language in the world, after Mandarin Chinese.

After reading the both articles on "Beijing steps up English-language drive" and " Global English Strengthening U.S. Supremacy.” It has made me realised the importance of learning English language in this century and how it can benefit us when it comes to economic terms.

This is true as it can be seen in our country, Singapore. In Singapore, English language is being taught at a young age when students first started schooling. Furthermore, as Singapore is slowly developing into a more English-educated country, where English is the main language spoken and written other than our own Mother-tongue language. Even formalities procedures such as filling up forms or even rules and regulations are printed in English language. Also, in our daily lives like taking transportation or going into malls also involves of using of English language on the signboards or advertisement for their shops.

As the world is becoming more globalised, more countries are getting more developed so as to not lose out to other countries. China is one of the best example out of many developing countries. In order to expand china’s businesses to the westerner countries, businessmen are learning English language as well as kids that are entering kindergarten. When both parties have a common language to communicate with, this will assist in clinching off deals in business world efficiently rather than having a communication gap in between which makes it difficult as you’ll need translation to understand what the other party is saying. And sometimes, translating from one language to another may not express exactly what the person is referring about.

As a final point, this shows that learning English language is important because it is an international language and the world now is speaking and writing it hence it is best when English language are taught at a young age.

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