IMPORTANCE OF LEARNING ENGLISH (RB-2004, 2008, CB-2010, DIJ.B-2010)

English is an international language. Statistics show that 350 million people speak English as a first language and another 300 million use it as a second language. It is the official or semi-official language in more than 60 countries and of many international organizations. For example, International Olympic Committee always holds meeting in English. Today more than 80% of all information in the world’s computer is in English. As most of the books of the world written in English, so we need to learn English for higher education.We live in a global village. So, we need a common language to communicate with the people of other countries. English performs the role of that common language. It is needed everywhere. For example, a government official need English to communicate with the foreign delegates, a businessman need English to communicate foreign buyers, a pilot and an air hostage need English to communicate with foreign passengers, a telephone operator need English to talk with the people of foreign country, a postman need English to deliver the letters from abroad. It is needed for almost every job. Now-a-days, organizations, as a result seek employees who can speak and write a standard form of English. So, English helps to get a good job with handsome salaries. In fine, we can say that we need to learn English to make us competent for the competitive world.