Why English is important? What are the great things of English? In this globalization era, English being an important in all of thing. We'll really need it to communicate each other.But, how important English is? First, English is an international language, means English is a language that using by people arround the world. English is used in business, trade, goverment, and organizations. Second, Why English being an international language? There are thousands language that using by human entire the world. But just English is choosed, why not our language? 'Bahasa Indonesia'? We know that 'Bahasa Indonesia' is more polite language than English. Such as we have many kind expression to shown our regards to older people. Of course English doesn't have it. For example: in English it's ok using 'you' in daily speaking. But not for Indonesian that's so unkind expression. Also for politic player they prefer to push down their opponent by using English. They think it make the harsh sentence heard more polite in English. But i think that's not fair scramble.Basically, most people using English to communicate and getting information to another. It's the mother tongue for more than 400 million people. It's the regular language for at least 1400 million people in the world. That's fantastic number, isn't it?Let's compare it to the population in our country, that just 200 million people that using 'Bahasa Indonesia' and more of them do not using indonesia wholly, because we have thousands traditioanal language and dialect that more evident. But we must be proud of our language 'Bahasa Indonesia'. There are many foreign people interest to learn it. The country that have an exchange of student with Indonesia, in their college are teached 'Bahasa Indonesia' too. It's a part of our goverment to introduce our language to foreign country. That's so differently with English, many people using it, at least in seventy five country English has the formal status or special there.
That's not difficult again to make relation with another people arround the world. Lots of people using it. They use English at work and social lifes. Third, English became a lifestyle of people in the world. TV program, books, newspaper and radio are used English as vehicular language. You'll be outdate if don't know English, and you'll really out of them, don't know what are the other talking about. You won't be a black sheep, will you? Do you like to get on internet? If you do, no reason again to pass over English, it's the main language in internet. You can't following the update news and being outmoded.
English is the main language for superpower 'America' and so is 'Japan'. In TV program, bussines, trade, politic activities are using English. When the leader of country have a meeting they use English. No more information you get in, without English. That country is the main player of bussines trade in the world, many countries have good relationship with them, of course need English to communicate.
Finally, the important thing you must to know. Most of job vacancy need for job seeker that aware of English. You can promote yourself and get any job easily... Succesfull career waiting for you. Absolutely your dreams occupation! As a student, you can get scholarship to continue your study to the favourite domestic or foreign university that you want, if you have ability in English. Anything else? As a collegian there is a surprising news, you can following any training center in foreign and continue your study too. Maybe you wanna get doctorate foreign. Depends on you...
Just have capable
in English you can get all of it.
By NIKA SAPTA
