“I want to feel included” says Sunita, a Homemaker in her late 40s, who wishes to travel abroad to vistrnher daughter in the US but is marooned with self-doubts. Although she is super excited to attend herrndaughter’s convocation, she feels anxious and presurrised to learn the language of global people. Shernwishes to now pick up conversational abilities to interact, travel independently and be included in herrndaughter’s world for these months with the help of English language.
rnLanguage is one of the ways of communication used by human beings. It is also a medium through whichrnmost of our knowledge is acquired. English is a language commonly spoken by around 840 millionrnpeople in the world. The world is shrinking day by day and globalisation has touched almost all therncorners and crannies of the world. With this rises a dire demand of the hour to learn English in today’srnmodern and millennial time.
rnHere are 10 reasons why learning spoken English would be the best decision you ever make.
rn1. An ocean of knowledge
rnKnowledge is power and education is wealth. English is the language of science which is anrnimportant tool of knowledge attainment. The latest research in science, technology and almostrneverything today happens in English. Therefore, almost all the students from various countriesrnstudy all their subjects in the English language. If you do not know the language, you are denyingrnyourself the power and the wealth.
rn2. Language of business
rnAs the world becomes more global, big businesses will want to spread out their wings and reachrnout to global clients. Being able to communicate with foreign clients and business partners willrnhelp to provide you a more challenging and respectable position in your career growth. Lack ofrnEnglish communication skills will deprive you of various job opportunities.
rn3. Language of internet
rnAccording to a report by Education First, almost 52% of the world’s most visited websites arerndisplayed in the English language. Learning English is thus important as it gives access to overrnhalf of the content on the internet and also to billions of pages of information which may not bernavailable otherwise.
rn4. Language of entertainment
rnMany of the world’s top films, books and music are published and produced in English. Hence,rnby learning English, you gain access to a great wealth of entertainment and will be able to haverna greater cultural understanding.
rn5. Respect, Inclusivity and confidence building
rnEnglish speakers are given a respectable position in the Indian societies. The efforts put forth byrna non-native individual to speak in English is certainly appreciable and hence it helps to earn arnlot of respect in the society. This will not only help you feel more confident but also included inrngroup connects. As people seek common grounds, English language becomes the language ofrnthe hearts and bring people closer and more connected! Like Sunita will be able to communicaternbetter at her daughter’s important milestone.
rn6. Easy travelEnglish being widely spoken in most of the counties of the world, a good grasp of spoken Englishrnwill help you to communicate better with people anywhere in the world, thus making yourrntravel easier.
rn7. Easy to lea
Since English is a widespread language, there are an endless amount of resources that can bernused to learn English, just at your fingertips. Also, today’s Millenial and Zen Z are ready to takernthe plunge towards more and more engaging techiques than the classic methods of learningrnEnglish.
rnSpoken English can never be learnt by studying in the conventional method. Your only aim would thenrnbe to score good grades in the English subject. English cannot be considered just like any other class ofrnscience or mathematics. It should be taught just like you were taught to speak and use your motherrntongue.
rnThe first step of learning spoken English is to start thinking in English. Your thoughts are what you speak.rnLearning to think in English will make you a more confident speaker because you will speak morernfluently, naturally and with less hesitation. Exposing yourself to the English language by way of listeningrnto a lot of English conversations will help you to learn spoken English. The more you listen, the betterrnyour spoken English. Building up your vocabulary by inculcating reading as a habit will help you tornstrengthen your language. A continuous and persistent attempt to speak English without worrying aboutrnthe errors holds the major key to unlock the doors of English communication skills. Engaging yourselfrndeliberately into group interactions/debates/public speaking will mould you to be a better Englishrnspeaker.
rnLearning is a never ending process. With English widespread around the world, learning it will serve asrnan invaluable tool of communication and its importance has only grown exponential. English thus hasrnbecome an indispensable global language and learning it will give you a chance to be on the worldrnscenario.