Sunday, September 2, 2012

The English Language and your Mother Tongue: Which is more important for you?



            Language is important, because it helps millions of people communicate within this world of different dialect, cultures and within this world of business. It is a part of speech that is important and sometimes needed for one's survival. When you move to a different country or region, learning the local language will help you to communicate and fit in with the local community. Even if many of the locals speak your language, it's still worth your while learning the local language. Doing so will demonstrate your interest in and commitment to the new country. As globalization and mobility and communications are bringing the world ever closer together it's more urgent for global citizens to be competent in other language. Language is inseparably tied to culture. As we run up against each other more and more in the world today, individual and unique cultures suffer loss. To prevent this, it is important to preserve and protect the variety of languages still in existence, and to revive those that have already fallen away.
            As what others say, English is the universal language so adults and also kids need to practice speaking in English. People around the world use the English language for communication purposes and for business. Is fluency in English important to people? Yes indeed. People need to be fluent in English so that they can communicate and understand each other well. Remember the Tower of Babel? The people can’t understand each other because they have different languages thats why the English language is very important. And at the same time, practicing the English speaking campaign can improve your grammar and vocabulary in English.
            The mother tongue is the first language that everyone needs to master. If one has already mastered it, he can communicate easily and well with the local people. The mastery of our mother tongue is also very important to us. It is important because it is your first language that you need to know. How can one communicate very well with his local people if he doesn’t master it yet? So that’s why we need to master our mother tongue because it’s also for our own good.
            For me the English language is more important than the mother tongue. Nowadays, we can communicate with people around the world and even the people in your local community with the English language because a lot of people know the English language already. Even if you haven’t mastered your mother tongue yet but you are fluent in English then, you can use the English language to communicate.


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