The role of English in my life

The role of English in my life

“English Language is the key to the heart of people.” Ї Ahmed Deedat

Nowadays English is an international language of human speech, indivisible part of socie*ty, either spoken or written all over the world. Language itself is the most common system of communication, which allows people to do business, talk to each other and to write their thoughts and ideas.

Nearly 1.75 billion people speak English that is one in every four of us. It is so important for every educated person to know and to learn foreign languages because if we know languages, all over the world's doors will be opened for us. Just imagine that if you speak only English, you can communicate with over 400 million other persons. english communication thinking

If you also learn Spanish, you can speak to any of the 297 million Spanish-speaking people in Latin America, Spain and other parts of the world. Learning another language, you get knowledge of customs and styles of life of their nations. While learning French, you find out how French people live, behave, and think. The foreign language can help you to add knowledge to your native language. For example, by studying Latin, you can improve your understanding of the thousands of English words that have their roots in Latin.

As Federico Fellini has said: a different language is a different vision of life. As a future software engineer, I know that I have to know the English language. It is so important for my future because nearly the best programs in the world have been written in English. As I've managed to find out on the Internet, if every engineer in the world knows English, the Earth can progress more than 20% faster than now. A software engineer, who knows English, has more chances to get good job than an engineer, who doesn't know English. The opportunities for myself at school were actually so good. School recommended me to take part in American Corner Tajikistan.

There I have improved my English level. My teacher always says English is not merely the medium of our thought; it is the very stuff and process of it. So it inspired me. I think that if a person has reasons to learn English he or she can learn it everywhere. In addition, there are some often-used ways to do it. Firstly, you can learn English at school, where teachers can help you with your pronunciation skills. Secondly, you can learn it by travelling and speaking with native people of this language. For example, you can visit the UK or The USA where all people speak English. You can improve your English by means of watching TV, listening to music, reading interesting books, articles.

Finally, it seems to me that it will be good to attend special courses, where you can increase your knowledge at this language. In addition, you can learn English at home. There are several ways how to do it very effectively Firstly, you can use tape recorders, which permit students to listen, repeat, erase their own repetition and then try again. Secondly, I think that videotape can really help in studying language because it allows students to watch their mouth movements. Finally, it seems to me that computers can help to study English because it can correct student's translation of words and phrases on a video display screen. Therefore, these language study aids provide not only instruction and practice, but also self-instruction, because they can be used without a teacher. The limits of your language mean the limits of your world.

So, English plays an important role in my life not only because that it can help to communicate with people from other countries, it can help to learn more about other cultures, traditions and habits or it is useful for my future career, but I just love this language from my brain till my bones because “To have another language is to possess a second soul”- Charlemagne.