Greetings to all of you ladies and gentlemen. I am Nur Zahidah Binti Mohd Samian a student of Open University Malaysia (OUM), undertaking a Degree in Human Resources Management. Today I will share with you about the importance of learning a foreign language and which secondary languages are worth studying today. Studying a foreign language is very helpful in today’s society because of the diversity that we have in our country. You could run into a person of another culture that speaks another language almost anywhere and it will help if you can communicate with them. There are many more reasons to learn foreign languages and I will share two most relevant languages are worth to studying today. There are English and Korean language. These two languages have been leading in the industrial revolution in part of business, technologies, entertainment, beauty and more.
First, I will begin with why we should learn English as a second language. English is leading language on this planet. The learning of English language was thought to be the ‘lingua franca’, understood by people around the world. This was British English was introduced by the British Empire during colonization era. The role of the English languages in Malaysia has expanded to not only a tool of international socio- political correspondence and involvement, but also as a global medium of interaction and knowledge exchanges. Language is obviously a vital tool, its means of communicating thoughts and ideas for friendships, economic, and cultural ties. Language is knowledge to our world and one of the keys factors in competitiveness. In advance industrial society in an increasingly interdependent world, the knowledge of other languages becomes indispensable. English is so widely speaking; it has often been referred to as a “global language” and used as second language around world.
In education system of Malaysia, English is the premier languages. Most of the public school and colleges prefer to have English as their medium of education. It is teaching in public as well as government schools. The presence of English language as universal language, it assumes importance in the fact that more people leave their countries not only for sake of business, but for study. Education has increased the role of English language .This is because the individual will not be able to learns a subject in the local language of the country, again in forces the fact that English language is very important. English language contributed to the spread of English to modern era.
English is important in most government jobs and private too. English is mush for the Malaysia aspiring for higher education or seeking better job opportunities. English is considering as a passport for secure future English acts as the link-language in our country. In business life, the, most important command languages are obviously English. The companies can easily open out to other countries, and these companies generally employ graduates whose English is fluent and orderly. Many high quality jobs are related with international communication and world-wide data sharing English can be used as languages in any part of the world it is because least a few people in each locality would know the languages. Though these people might not have same accent as others, the language as least will be understandable.
And let’s not forget about technologies. Nowadays, it’s hard to find a device without built-in English interface. It is also considered as the language of international business. English language is the main stay of the internet users in spite of the growth of internet in various languages. This language is used in most of the information and websites are available. The difficult of translate for every relevant word webpage into the language of various countries. Thus the important of English languages is emphasized. The future of English as a language is very secure and trying to unify various aspects of life. The English language used in computers that help to communicate with the people the world, through internet technology and email. People who know English can deal with the internet, which is source of information and communication revolution. There is no doubt that, the English is language of communication between the people with different cultures. It is also the language of computers that help to communicate with the people around the world through Internet technology and email. People who know English can deal with the Internet, which is regard information and communication revolution.
