The Importance Of Learning The English Language

In this modern world, learning a new language is a huge endeavor in a person’s life. In order for someone to learn a new language, it is necessary for them to learn the language structure, its phonemes, facial expressions, word collocations, and other detail aspects related to learning a language. When communicating with someone that can fluently speak the language you are trying to learn, talking to them may be a challenge because it takes awhile for someone who is foreign with the language to find the right words to properly express the message you are trying to convey. In learning the English language, I usually focus on learning words through images and books. I hardly ever translate the words to or from my language because translating it wouldn’t really be exactly the meaning I was looking for. Even though I grew up in a different country that spoke a different language, it was a great idea to learn other languages like English.

I have been in the course of learning the English language, since I was in kindergarten or about 4 years of age. At that age, I was already exposed to reading, writing, speaking and listening in English. As I remembered, we as a class learned how to speak simple English words and phrases. At the same time we were taught how to say our names and learned the English alphabet. When we moved on to a different topic, which was speaking simple English sentences like “The sky is blue.” and “Roses are red. ” I became nervous for the reason that I don’t really know what a sentence was at that time and I never learned what goes in a sentence. Although at that time, remembering twenty-six letters of the alphabet and saying them was confusing and quite difficult. For me, it was like taking an upper division cl...

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...e. Although I think language use is perhaps more important in achieving actual language competency, I don’t think a foreign language can be learned quickly without having simple understanding of linguistics, especially the vocabulary of the language you are trying to learn.

In today’s growing economy, knowing a foreign language can really open up opportunities, like getting a good paying careers. Most employers want to hire those who have a good understanding of the world they live and the cultures of others. A great way to learn about other cultures is through studying languages. That is the reason why I studied a globally recognized language and its culture, which is English and recently Spanish, is not because it is required to pass school, but in order for me to effectively communicate with others and not to be ignorant and prejudice about the world around me.