English is the most widely spoken language in the world, and is used for everything from international conferences to news reports to popular songs. Here are ten more reasons why you should be learning English.
1. Make friends around the world. English is used by almost 2 billion people around the world and is spoken by many more people as a second language than as a native language. So you can use English to speak to people from Azerbaijan to Andorra, Venezuela to Vietnam, Chile to Cameroon...
2. Earn more money! English is the language of many important industries, including science, aviation, computing, diplomacy, and tourism. With good English skills, you can dramatically improve your job prospects as well as your earning potential.
3. Travel the world. You can't be expected to learn the local language of every place you visit, so you might as well learn one that you can use everywhere! And knowing English lets you connect with local people and not just other tourists.
4. Read great literature in its original form. Whether your taste leans towards Shakespeare or Tolkien, Hamlet or Harry Potter, English has some of the best-loved literature of all time. And how better to read it than in the language in which it was written?
5. Do business. With 80% of international business communications written in English and most of the world's trade and financial deals conducted in the language, there's no doubt that English is the language of international business. Knowing English could give you the chance to start your own company, visit foreign countries on business or work abroad.
6. Embrace the Information age. English is the main language of the Internet, and knowing the language provides infinite access to online
information, shopping, news, entertainment, education, fun and friendship.
7. Study abroad. Ever dreamed of studying at Oxford or Cambridge, Harvard or Yale? English can give you access to some of the best universities in the world, and gain an international education that will open doors wherever you go.
8. Keep Informed. English is the language of international media and communications, with three quarters of the world's mail sent in English and more than half of the world's newspapers published in English. You might be missing out on important information and the bigger picture if you can't understand the language.
9. Be entertained. American films and television are shown all over the world, and English songs are books are heard and read everywhere.
10. Learn the international language. English is the predominant language of almost 50 countries, and is the official language of many international organizations and professional bodies, from the United Nations to the Olympics.
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