TUGAS SOFTSKILL “TUGAS (ESSAY)”

TUGAS SOFTSKILL

“TUGAS (ESSAY)”

Nama          :   Adi Nurohmandana

NPM :   20212182

Kelas :   3EB23

UNIVERSITAS GUNADARMA

The Many Benefits Of Learning English

In communication, languages become the primary mediator for delivering or sharing information. One of the most widely used languages in the world is English. English is well known as an international standard language and it is very important for those who life in this globalization era. There are over 750 million people who speak English as a foreign language and in the year 2000 the British Council said that there were about a billion people learning English. English is increasingly used in many places and seems it has been dominate the world communications. "A man who does not know foreign language is ignorant of his own" (1). There are so many benefits of learning English and they can be found in many sides such as in international business community, technology field, education, and in the social life.

In international business environment, English holds an important rule to make the business goes well. English is very useful when company build cooperation with another international company from different country. To become the winner of the hard competition in business world, businessman must be able to understand and use English well. Besides that, a company prefers to hire an employee who has a good skill in language, especially English. However, by understanding English will improve the prospect for employment in business environment and help the businessman able to handle the business problem efficiently.

Furthermore, English also takes a large part in the growth of technology. Almost every electronic devices use English especially computing and internet. That is because most of scientists write in English although some of them use English as their second language. English is not only use in the hardware but it is used in the software also. Every command in the computer is in English and to operate it people should understand English first. In the internet, there is a lot of information written in English such as e-mail, blog, and social network. It shows that learning English gives many benefits to the advance of technology.

In education, the international student should have capability to speak, read, and write in English. A student can access any information in the books, internet, and magazine with the help of English. Successful academic career depend on how deep the understanding of student in English because in international standard education English is the primary language which used in learning process. Besides that, if the students know English well, they also will be able to read and understand the great work in literature that related with their study which written in English. In this case, English can be assuming as the root of the international education.

As a social creature, people will continuously interact with the other in various social lives. In this case English become unifier of the difference in language. People will be easier to express their idea about something or exchange information in English to the other people from different country. English is the tool for digging information deeper and deeper again to know what actually happen in the world. If people have a good capability to speak in English, it will be widening their knowledge because they will be able to understand more information than those who are not god in English. In other side, understanding English mean easier to make a friend. English will be much use for those who love to interact with new people from different country. It also helps tourists when they visit another country because people absolutely will speak in English when they talk to the foreigners who come to their country. These prove that the social benefits of English are very large.

In conclusion, as the most spoken language in the world, English holds a huge part in the communication. International business goes well because of English. It helps people when they are using technology products although growth of technology increasing continuously. English also helps student to understand the subject that written in English properly. Besides that, it makes the people keep in touch although they have different language and come from different country. Finally, believe or not, English cannot be separated from human life.