English, the light of the
mind
Regina Particya Manihuruk
Taken from: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LlVUzIC7lpYeMuYEdJDiJUvPo_XfEZ1IHIUHefskiG4/edit?hl=en_US; http://www.languageinindia.com/april2002/tesolbook.html;
Speak a new language so
that the world will be a new world.
English is a global means of communication and also an international standard for the language, knowing and learning English lead to a wonderful future arrangement. English has a good influence on your future. If you want to have full-time jobs, a large company, and has an important role in the company, you should be able to master the English language course. Moreover, English plays an important role in the means of communication for you and your fellow business associates, to speak and use English you must be able to establish a good relationship with your fellow business associates. In addition, English is also an international standard for the language, so an English language has a very important role in the scope of our lives.
English is an
international language, spoken in many countries both as a native and as a
foreign language. For instance,
Central Asian Republics have been introducing English in their school system as
a foreign language. In many countries, English is considered as the life
support for a better future. English is known as an international language,
which all people use English to talk to each other to be easily understood.
Such as, when there is an exchange of students, going abroad is good only for
the road (traveling) or on business, there we are definitely using the English
language to simply ask for information, talking to each other, etc. Due to the
reasons, English is an international language that everybody uses.
Several people who have high positions use English for their language for their work, when they are in a meeting, and when they are speaking with their business colleagues. Also, English as a global language, so the standard if there is someone who wants to find a job and do interviews they must use English as their language. In the schools of Europe, South America, Asia and Africa, English is the chief foreign language so the students already taught and know that the English language is important to a better career when they are still a student. English is learned everywhere because people have found out that knowledge of English is a passport to a better career, advanced knowledge, and for communication with the entire world.
In effect, we may need to become
bilingual.
It means that we have our own languages, right? Like
Indonesian, Korean, Thailand, Japanese language, etc. So, we must to speak with
two languages. We cannot forget our own language and just focus to English
language. Somehow, our own language is more special that other languages.
Ludwig Wittgenstein said that “the limits of my
language are the limits of my world”. He invites us
to get to know and learn another language, in addition to our own language. The
more languages we learn and we know, the more spacious also our knowledge of
the world. We do not want to be limited by our capacity who only knows the
language of our own, but we also have to find out, learn and get to know
another language. For example, English. English is an international language
which everyone uses it both as a native and as a foreign language. English is an international language,
so what are you waiting for?
Therefore, learning a foreign language is not only learning different words for the same things, but learning another way to think about things. Like an English language, you can talk to people and understand them; you can know each other even from different countries; you can know the whole wide world; you can increase your knowledge, and many more benefits you will receive from the English language. All the benefits we derive from the English language is for our future, a better future better than before.
