The importance of learning English

TheimportanceofLearningEnglishEnglishistheCommonLanguageintheWorldEnglishistheworld'smaininternationallanguage,anditisthemostwidelyusedlanguageintheworld.Accordingtothestatisticsin1986,theworldofEnglish-speakingpeopleofnearly400million,almosteveryoneintenpeoplespeakEnglish.TheBritish,American,Canadian,Australian,NewZealandandothercountrieswhospeakEnglish.Thereareabout20countriesintheworlduseEnglishasanofficiallanguageorsecondlanguage,atotalofabout800millionpeople.Suchas:India.Nigeria.Singapore.Pakistan.Thatistosay,morethan20%peapleintheworldcanspeakEnglish.Ifyouaddallthecountriesintheworld,anumberofpeoplelearnEnglishinprimaryandmiddleschoolstudentswhocanmasterEnglishmanyandmore.Englishhasalreadybecomeoneoftheworld'sdozensoftheofficiallanguageofthestate;thesecountriesmonopolizemorethan70%oftheworld'swealth.EnglishisWidelyUsedintheWorldTherearemorethan70%ofmailsarewritteninEnglishintheworldandtheaddressarewritteninEnglish.TheComputerandInternetarebasedonEnglish;anditisalsothelanguageofthisindustry.Inaddition,morethan70%scientificandtechnicalpublicationsoftheworldarepublishedinEnglish.MostoftheinternationalconferenceistotakeEnglishasthefirstlanguage(morethan90%InternationalConferenceheldinEnglish);ItisalsotheUnitedNationsofficialworkinglanguages.Inshort,IntheinternationalPolitical,Military,Economic,Culture,Trade,ScienceandTechnology,Transportationandotherfields,Englishisanimportanttoolofcommunication.What’stheImportanceoflearningEnglishAsaSecondLanguageinChina?AlthoughChinahastakenplaceinrecentdecades,there'snodoubtthatwearealotoftechnologystilllagsbehindadvancedwesterncountries.Ifwewanttodevelopourcountry,wemustlearntodevelopedcountryadvancedtechnologyinsteadofdependingononeselftodoresearches,soitisnecessaryforustomastertheworldgeneraltechnicalexchangelanguages-English.SinceChinahasjoinedWTOin2001,EnglishismoreandmoreimportantforChinesepeople,anditplayedakeyroleincommunicatingwithforeigners.WiththerapiddevelopmentofChina'seconomy,internationaltrademorefrequent,Englishhasenteredintoourordinarylife.Forexample,therearemoreandmorefamilieshopetosendtheirchildrentoforeigncountriestostudy,inordertomakeagoodlife,soitisimportantforthemtolearnEnglishasasecondlanguageinChina.Atthesametime,withpeople'slivingstandardimproved,andthedevelopmentoftourismindustry,moreandmorepeoplewanttotravelabroad,andthenEnglishcanbeusedasausefultoolwhentheystayinforeigncounties.Intheeconomy,therearemanytradesbetweenChinaandforeigncountries.Forexample,acompanyhasdevelopedaworld-classproduct,iftheycanopenuptheinternationalmarket;itwillhaveabrightthefuture.ButifthereisnooneunderstandsEnglishincompany,theyarenotabletocommunicatewithforeigncustomers,andlettheexcellentperformanceofproductsondisplay;itwouldbeaterribleloss.Inaddition,inthefieldofmedicine,architecture,andliteraturethatgreatlyrelatedtoEnglish.Atlast,theimportanceofleaningEnglishisalreadytoletpeopleunderstandwhatEnglishplaysakeyroleinourlife.Wewillmakeitasamediatoknowtheworld,toadapttotoday'seradevelopmentdemand.