Why do we learn English?!

    Learning to speak English well may be the best thing you can do to improve your life.
That’s right. Do you think it would be fun to have access to information  that other people can’t get? Talk and write letters to interesting people that  others can’t communicate with? Impress people around you whenever you opened your mouth? Make big jumps in your career leaving  others miles behind?
You can get all this if you speak English well. 

  Get access to knowledge

    What are you interested in? Is it science? Music? Computers? Health? Business? Sports? Today’s media — such as the Internet, television, and the press — give you almost unlimited access to    knowledge about your favorite subjects. After all, we live in  the information age , don’t we?
There’s only one problem. Most of this knowledge is in English.
Here are some examples of knowledge you can use if you know English: 

• Books — on any subject, from all over the world.  Read books by British or American authors, and books  translated  from other languages. Whatever you’re interested in, you can read about it in English!
• The press. Only English-language magazines and newspapers can be bought in every part of the world. You don’t have to search for Time, Newsweek, or the International Herald Tribune!
• Science. English is the key to the world of science. In 1997, 95% of the articles in the   Science Citation Index   were written in English. Only about 50% of them were from English-speaking countries like the USA or Britain.
• News reports. Watch international television networks, such as CNN International and NBC. They  broadcast   news much faster, and more professionally , than smaller, national networks. And you can watch them everywhere in the world.

Communicate with people

We like to call English “the language of communication”. Why? Because it seems all the people in the world have agreed to use English to talk to each other.

• About 1,500,000,000 people in the world speak English. Another 1,000,000,000 are learning it.
• 75% of the world’s letters and postcards are written in English. 
• Almost all international  conferences  and competitions are conducted   in English. For example, the Olympics and the Miss World contest.
•   Diplomats  and   politicians  from different countries use English to communicate with each other. English is the main language of organizations like the United Nations, NATO, and the European Free Trade Association.

If you can communicate in English, you can:

• Contact people from all over the world. Talk about your ideas and opinions on Internet discussion groups. Send e-mail to interesting people. Learn about their life and culture.
• Travel more easily. Communicate with people wherever you go — English is spoken in more than 100 countries . Ask directions  , have a conversation, or... ask for help. Who knows, maybe English will save your life someday! 

Get satisfaction

English is not only useful — it gives you a lot of  satisfaction  :

•  Making progress   feels great. We’ll never forget the moment we discovered we could speak with Americans or watch TV in English.
• You will enjoy learning English, if you remember that every hour you spend gets you closer to perfection.
• Using English is fun, too, because every sentence you speak or write reminds you of your success.

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