Benefits_of_Speaking_Effectively_in_English

1. INTRODUCTION English has become a world-wide language, with numerous countries adopting it as an official language. English is the dominant international language in science, business, aviation, entertainment and diplomacy and also on the internet. In most fields of work your ability to speak English can help you advance your career, helping you get the job you want and earn more money. No matter what your area of expertise, skill in English will contribute substantially your success. To become truly proficient a speaking and understand English, you have to practice with native English-Speakers. No matter where you go in the world, you have a very good chance of finding someone who speaks English. English is quickly becoming the global language and it dominates the world in many ways. There are many reasons for this fact, one of which is the fact that Great Britain was a global power during the colonial days, and today America, is perhaps, the most powerful nation in the world. Because of this global domination, learning English is essential to successfully communicating in our global society. 2. BENEFIT OF SPEAKING EFFECTIVELY IN ENGLISH There are many benefits of learning English. English is the Global language now. English is used for communication by people who do not speak the same language around the World. Here some benefit and more advantages of learning it. 2.1. Develop Your Career Most professional jobs need a good level English speaker or writers. If you want to grow in your job you need to know good English. It has become as important as Degree and Diplomas. Fluency in English can be very important if you want to take on a sensitive job in a predominately English-speaking area. For example, if you want to be a police officer and you are moving to the United States from a foreign country and you don't speak English, you will need to become fluent in English. Your fluency will allow you to perform most effectively to help people in times of stress or trouble. Lives may be at stake including yours if people don't understand your instructions or whatever it is you are telling them. You may need to give someone very detailed instructions to save a life and you will only be able to do that if you commit to learning English and becoming fluent. With learning English can broaden your employment opportunities. People who speak two or more languages are ideal candidates for job in travel, international business or translation. People who work with the general public, such as those who work in hospitals or in law enforcement, are often encouraged to speak a second language to better improve communication when it is most vital. If your work involves regular contact with speakers of foreign languages, being able to talk to them in their own languages will help you to communicate with them. It may also help you to make sales and to negotiate and secure contracts. Knowledge of foreign languages may also increase your chances of finding a new job, getting a promotion or a transfer overseas, or of going on foreign business trips. Many English Speaking business people don’t bother to learn other languages because they believe that most people they do business with in foreign countries can speak English, and if they don’t speak English, interpreters can be used. The lack of foreign language knowledge puts the English speakers at a disadvantage. In meetings, for example, the people on the other side can discuss things amongst themselves in their own language without the English speakers understand, and using interpreters slows everything down. In any socializing after the meetings, the locals will probably feel more comfortable using their own language rather than English. The ability to fluently speak English language in addition to your native language can be beneficial if you’re seeking job opportunities with international companies. The ability to speak a language spoken by most business people can place you a step ahead of the competition. In addition, learning English improves your prospects for employment. This is especially so if you are searching for a job in travel, marketing and maybe translation. Speaking two or more languages gives you a great upper hand over your competitors. If job you are searching for involves public relations like those of police (generally law enforcement) and hospital staff, then it is advisable to have a working knowledge of English. It will undoubtedly be of much help one day. 2.2. Information & Research Learning English is a very wise thing to do for several reasons. In general, English is also the universal language on the Internet. English is the main language of book, newspaper, airport and air-traffic control, international business and academic conferences, science, technology, diplomacy, sport, international competitions, pop music and advertising. The majority of all information that is electronically stored around the world is English. Once you learn English, huge world information will automatically be made available to you. It is because the Internet is mostly in English. It’s about three quarters of the world’s mail is written in English, so that you can send e-mails to anyone from anywhere in the world, because they will understand English. You also can chat with a myriad of users, you can buy items from web site in English. English is also the key to the science world. Over two-thirds of the world’s scientists read in English. In 1997, around 95% of the articles in the Science Citation Index were written in English and only half of them were from English speaking countries. 2.3. Travel/ Meet New People Learning English can also help you to meet new people, if you are travelling places you won’t face any problem. If you intend to travel soon, you should know that English is most likely the language you will encounter both at the airport and within the country itself. Many English speakers seem to believe that wherever you go on holiday you can get by speaking English, so there’s no point in learning any other languages. If people don’t understand you all you have to do is speak slowly and turn u the volume. You can more or less get away with this, as long as you stick to popular tourist resorts and hotels where you can usually find someone who speaks English. However, if you want to venture beyond such places, to get to know the locals, to read signs, menus, etc, knowing the local language is necessary. A basic ability in foreign language will help you to ‘get by’, i.e. to order food and drink, find your way around, buy tickets, etc. if you have a more advanced knowledge of the language, you can have real conversations with the new people you meet, which can be very interesting and will add a new dimension to your holiday. There are also numerous opportunities to learn English as a second language, which can be a great way to travel and see world. Travelling to a foreign country is another great way to practice your language skills, but it also make for a less stressful experience when you have some knowledge of the spoken language. Besides that, you may need to attend International Business Meetings and Exhibitions either as a visitor or a presenter and the chances are you’ll have to speak in the English language. If you are the kind of person who loves to interact and meet with new people, the English will be of much use to you. This is because many of the new people that you meet most probably speak English. Imagine the doors and possibilities that will be open to you once you learn how to speak and write in this great language. Because English is a first language for many country including the United State, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, and Ireland, among others, many others foreign countries teach English as requirement in schools. It is estimated that over a billion people in the world speak English on at least basic level. Learning English present many new opportunities that you may not have had before, so if you have the time and the motivation, it can be very rewarding experience. 2.4. Communication/ Secret Communication English whether you like or not, is the chosen language of International Communication. It has official or special status in at least seventy five countries with a total population of over two billion. Speakers of English as a second language probably outnumber those who speak it as a first language. Around 750 million people are believe to speak English as a foreign language. One out of four of the world’s population speaks English to some level of competence; demand from the other three-quarters increasing. Nearly one in two European Union citizens claim to be able to converse in English according to a survey carried out in 1998, and 69 per cent of survey respondents who did not speak English as their first language felt that it was the most important language for them to learn or use. If you and some of your relatives, friends or colleagues speak a language that few people understand, you can talk freely in public without fear of anyone eavesdropping, and/or you can Choctaw and Cheyenne served as radio operators, know as Code Talkers, to keep communications secret during both World Wars. Welsh speakers played a similar role during the Bosnian War. 2.5. Culture Maybe you’re interested in the literature, poetry, films, TV Programs, music or some other aspect of culture of people who speak a particular language and want to learn their language in order to gain a better understanding of their culture. Most people in the world are multilingual, and everybody could be, no one is rigorously excluded from another’s language community except through growth of different cultures, where different pathways of human knowledge can be discovered. They certainly make life richer for those who know more than one of them. (Nicholas Ostler, Empires of the Word) 2.6. To Expand Your Overall Options Another reason to learn to speak fluent English is that it expands your overall life options. If you ever want to study abroad or travel to another country, then knowing how to speak English well improves your chances of being able to do that. That is not to say if you don’t know English, you won’t ever be able to leave your home country. But being able to communicate effectively in a foreign country simply makes it easier to navigate that country and to avoid being taken advantage of by people who don’t have your best interests at heart. 2.7. Improving Cognitive Functions With more and more people living longer these days, one of the major concerns is maintaining healthy brain functions well into old age. It has been proven that learning another language is a great way to exercise the brain and help keep cognitive functions running smoothly. People who learn a second language have also been shown to be more creative, have better problem solving skills, and increased mental flexibility. By learning to speak fluent English, you’ll become a better rounded person who is able to handle the challenges of the world. 2.8. Movies Major Hollywood movies have dialogue in English. The plot of these movie is easier to follow if the person watching the movie speaks English. Subtitles in other languages can sometimes cause the meanings of words to be lot in the translation, and they can be a distraction or eve block the action taking place on the screen. 2.9. English Makes You Feel Good Learning English also can improve your life. It can let you get smarter, meet people, earn money and many more. But have you ever wondered how it would feel to know English well' Let us try to imagine that if : You’re at an English class. You finished two minutes ago, and now there are people around you asking questions. “What does extemporaneous mean'”, “What’s the answer in point'”. You know the correct answer and you help them. You know why they asked your help, it is just because they know you are good. You feel respected and admired. The teacher has noticed your skills too. He looks at you with admiration. Imagine that you’re flying on a plane, coming back from your vacation. You see the person next to you reading an American newspaper. Since the flight is going to take long time, you decide to have a conversation. “The engines are awfully loud, aren’t they'”, you say. “Yeah. It looks like the airplane may break into pieces at any moment”, he laughs. The conversation goes on. You speak easily and you enjoy it. A moment before touchdown, your neighbor says, “You speak just like an American, your pronunciation, your grammar was amazing!”. You get off the pplane smiling. Wow, what a great day! You’re on a bus school, just like every day. You decide to spend the time reading a few pages out of a book. You take it out. The book is in English. As you starting reading, the person sitting next to you looks at the book’s cover and notices the English title. The person gives you a long look of admiration and envy. A moment later, some other people in the bus start staring at you. They would like to be able to read an English book, but they can’t. You feel satisfaction. You’re glad you’ve spent time on learning English. You’re at an international airport. You walk quickly, and you look confident. You understand all the signs around you and you also understand the announcements. You know that if there were any problems you could easily communicate with the airport’s staff in their own language. You walk to your gate, thinking how much more difficult it would be if you didn’t know English. See how fortunate you are if you’re fluent in English. Many benefits and advantages that you get and thus can change the most of character and your lifestyle, from an ordinary people that using the ordinary language to become as a fluent and proficient people in English speaking. 3. CONCLUSION Learning English is one of the most important decisions you have to make to further a business or raise your earning potential. Every year, thousands of business proposals are conveyed in English that translates to billion of dollar in business transactions. If you live in a foreign country, learning English as a second language will help you communicated with English speaking tourist. Or if you plan to visit an English speaking country, learning English will help you to communicate with other people. English learning can be fun if you have a good interest to learn. English language is the common language used by people around the world, many schools and universities has adopted English as the first language. When we look at the benefits of using the English language is has a wide scope is you are able to speak English clearly, then there is a wide scope of getting employment anywhere in the world. Many language experts claim that English is one of the hardest languages to learn as a second language as sentence structures are unique that many learners find it difficult to understand how sentences should be properly structured. Lucky you live in generation where English learning software is available to help to help you to learn the language from experts who can teach you many taste techniques. This software provides road maps so you can compare your skills and learn at your own pace. Some of the common mistakes most language learners make is they don’t get enough practice. They concentrate too much about learning grammar because they are afraid of making mistakes or what other people will say about them. It is important to remember that when you’re learning you have the privilege to make mistakes as a vital part of the learning process. So get lots of practice. Socialize and converse with many people in English. You have the necessary skill and ability to learn English or as many other languages you want. If a two year old can do it, so can you. Forget about all the myths that kids learn faster than adults. Interesting scientific research proved that adults can learn and retain a new language better and faster than children. In fact, the best part is you don’t only have to study grammar to be proficient in English, as long as you have the right attitude about learning. Define your objective for learning English as a Second Language because it takes time so your goal must be long term. Take responsibility and lay out a plan and make sure you accomplish them. Keep things simple and focus on your final objective. If you get sidetracked you will never be able to speak English fluently. 4. 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