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Why Learn English: 10 Reasons to Learn English

Learning English is important and people all over the world decide to study it as a secondlanguage. Many countries include English as a second language in their school syllabus andchildren start learning English at a young age.

However, do you know whylearning English is so important? Here are ten good reasons to study

English.

1. English is the most commonly spoken language in the world. One out o !ve people can speak

or at least understand English"

#. English is the language o science, o aviation, computers, diplomacy, and tourism. $nowing

English increases your chances o getting a good %ob in a multinational company within your home

country or o !nding work abroad.

&. English is the o'cial language o (& countries. )hat is a lot o people to meet and speak to.

*. English is spoken as a !rst language by around *++ million people around the world.

(. English is the language o the media industry. you speak English, you won-t need to rely on

translations and subtitles anymore to en%oy your avourite books, songs, !lms and ) shows.

/. English is also the language o the nternet. Many websites are written in English 0 you will be

able to understand them and to take part in orums and discussions.

. English is based on a simple alphabet and it is airly 2uick and easy to learn compared to other

languages.

3. English is not only useul 4 it gives you a lot o satisaction. Making progress eels great. 5ou

will en%oy learning English, i you remember that every hour you spend gets you closer to

perection.

6. 7ince English is spoken in so many di8erent countries there are thousands o schools around the

world that o8er programmes in English. you speak English, there-re lots o opportunities or you

to !nd an appropriate school and course to suit your academic needs.

1+. 9ecause it-s un" 9y learning English, you will also learn about other cultures. :ew e;periences

will make you grow as a person more than learning the values, habits and way o lie in a culture

that is di8erent rom yours.


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Importance of English in the Business

World

Success in business is often hinged on one single important word communication; and most of it happens

in English.

The world is flat; the economic migrations of the past decades have become permanent expat

communities. Asians, especially, continue to migrate to the nited States or to Europe for !obs and live

there permanently. Even for those involved in business from their native countries, if they want to sell to a

larger mar"et, need to understand the trends and the cultures of those mar"ets. This is often best done

through the common currency that is English. #ove it or hate it, we simply can$t ignore it. %ig businesses

call the shots, so if in &ermany you do as the &ermans do, in the common world mar"et, learn English.

'n order to get ahead in your chosen field you need to ma"e yourself completely understood by the people

you wor" with. There will be emails; there will be telephone conversations, and they are costly( )nowing

good English helps you to ma"e your point faster. 'f you have a website that the whole world can see, you

had better have content that is meaningful and accurate and does not embarrass you or harm your

business.

Even within 'ndian companies, especially large corporations, the number of employees is too huge for

personal, one*on*one communication. +ence the intranet is the notice board and all communications aremade through it. 'magine a secretary who didn$t "now grammar and punctuation sent out a company wide

email meeting cancelled because of indisposed-. %ecause of whom %ecause of indisposed 's

indisposed the name of a person Another 'ndian might scoff and laugh at the very poor grammar, or might

even get the gist of it, but what about the impression you ma"e on, say, foreign collaborators who receive

the same email And even if we ignore the impression we ma"e, what about the issues that arise

from miscommunication /eople !ust don$t "now what you mean. 0ritten communication is as important as

verbal.

Engineers typically are nonchalant about their lac" of language s"ills, saying that they understand their

core sub!ects and that$s enough. ' would say that it is not enough to understand the concepts through

insight or genius, you need to communicate that you "now. Thin" interviews and group discussions for !ob*

see"ers( 1ou cannot do this without proficiency in a language.


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History of the English

LanguageWhat is English?

A short history of the origins and development of

English

The history of the English language really started with the arrivalof three Germanic tribes who invaded Britain during the 5th

century AD. These tribes the Angles the !a"ons and the #utescrossed the $orth !ea from what today is Denmar% and northern

Germany. At that time the inhabitants of Britain s&o%e a 'elticlanguage. But most of the 'eltic s&ea%ers were &ushed west and

north by the invaders ( mainly into what is now Wales !cotlandand )reland. The Angles came from *Englaland* +sic, and their

language was called *Englisc* ( from which the words *England*and *English* are derived.


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Germanic invaders entered Britain on the east and south coasts in the 5th century

Old English (40!1100 A"#The invading Germanic tribess&o%e similar languages which in

Britain develo&ed into what wenow call -ld English. -ld Englishdid not sound or loo% li%e English

today. $ative English s&ea%ersnow would have great difficulty

understanding -ld English.$evertheless about half of the

most commonly used words in odern English have -ld English

roots. The words be strongand water for e"am&le derive from-ld English. -ld English was s&o%en until around //00.

1art of Beowulf a &oem written in -ldEnglish


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$iddle English (1100!100#)n /022 William the 'on3ueror

the Du%e of $ormandy 4&art ofmodern rance6 invaded and

con3uered England. The newcon3uerors 4called the $ormans6

brought with them a %ind ofrench which became the

language of the 7oyal 'ourt andthe ruling and business classes.

or a &eriod there was a %ind of

linguistic class division where thelower classes s&o%e English andthe u&&er classes s&o%e rench. )n

the /8th century English became dominant in Britain again butwith many rench words added. This language is called iddle

English. )t was the language of the great &oet 'haucer 4c/980(/8006 but it would still be difficult for native English s&ea%ers to

understand today.

$odern English

Early $odern English (100!1%00#

Towards the end of iddle English a sudden and distinct change

in &ronunciation 4the Great :owel!hift6 started with vowels being

&ronounced shorter and shorter.

rom the /2th century the Britishhad contact with many &eo&lesfrom around the world.

This and the 7enaissance of'lassical learning meant that

many new words and &hrasesentered the language. The

An e"am&le of iddle English by 'haucer

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invention of &rinting also meant that there was now a common

language in &rint. Boo%s became chea&er and more &eo&lelearned to read. 1rinting also brought standardi=ation to English.

!&elling and grammar became fi"ed and the dialect of >ondonwhere most &ublishing houses were became the standard. )n

/208 the first English dictionary was &ublished.

Late $odern English (1%00!&resent#

The main difference between Early odern English and >ate

odern English is vocabulary. >ate odern English has manymore words arising from two &rinci&al factors firstly the

)ndustrial 7evolution and technology created a need for newwords@ secondly the British Em&ire at its height covered one

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).*eep a notebook of new words you learn. +se them in sentences and try to say them at least " times when

you speak.

,.Do a lesson at least once a day.

-.#emorisation of lists is one of the most common ways of learning ocabulary for a test. ts only a good

e/ercise for short term studying because you often do not retain the information that you hae learned for a

test.

0.+se your body clock. f youre not a morning person( study in the afternoon.

1.ou will find words easier to remember if you try to remember an e/ample sentence using that word rather

the word on its own.

11.Plan to take a test. oull find that you work harder when you need to study for something.

12.Saying that( its better not to studyjustto take a test. !hink of the bigger picture. 3hat can you do when

you hae a good command of English4 5ow will the 6uality of your life improe4

1".%ie yourself a long term goal. 7ocus on working towards it.

1$.%ie yourself short term goals too and reward yourself when you achiee each one.

1&.8reate an atmosphere in which you want to learn( not because you hae to. oull learn more when youre

learning because you want to.

1).*now what works best for you. !hink about what methods hae been successful for you in the past and

stick with them.

1,.7igure out how you learn. t can be by memorising( reading( speaking( summarising or other methods.

7ind out how you study best. t can be in a 6uiet place by yourself or with a group.

1-.%et help9 f you dont understand something youe got to ask someone. :sk your teacher( classmates or

friends for help.

10.Review! Review! Review!#ake sure that you take the time to reiew things you hae studied in the past.

2.ts not a good idea to study on your own for more than " minutes at a time. !ake regular breaks( get

some fresh air and stretch your legs.

21.Dont be in such a hurry to moe up a leel. 8oncentrate on the leel you are at now.

22.3atch D;Ds rather than !;. ts better to use something that you can watch oer again to catch

information you might hae missed the first time.

2".3atching !; only gies you the chance to hear something correctly first time. !his is better for high leel

students. t can be great practice for speaking to natie English speakers so you dont hae to ask them to

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British US

centre center

ire ier

litre liter

theatretheater or theatre

=ords ending in >our

%ritish English words ending in *our usually end in *or in American English8British US

colour color

lavour lavor

humour humor

laour laorneighour neighor

=ords ending in >ie or >ise

9erbs in %ritish English that can be spelled with either *i6e or *ise at the end are always

spelled with *i6e at the end in American English8British US

apologi"e or apologise apologi"e

organi"e or organise organi"e

recogni"e or recognise recogni"e

=ords ending in >yse

9erbs in %ritish English that end in *yse are always spelled *y6e in American English8British US

anal#se anal#"e

reathal#sereathal#"e

paral#se paral#"e


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=ords ending in a vowel plus l

'n %ritish spelling, verbs ending in a vowel plus l double the l when adding endings that begin

with a vowel. 'n American English, the l is not doubled8British US

travel travel

travelle$ travele$

travelling traveling

traveller traveler

fuel fuel

uelle$ uele$

uelling ueling

=ords spelled with double vowels

%ritish English words that are spelled with the double vowels ae or oe are !ust spelled with

an e in American English8British US

leu%aemia leu%emia

manoeuvre maneuver

oestrogen estrogen

pae$iatric pe$iatric

:ote that in American English, certain terms, such as archaeology, "eep the ae spelling as

standard, although the spelling with !ust the e 2i.e. archeology4 is usually acceptable as well.

@ouns ending with 0ence

Some nouns that end with *ence in %ritish English are spelled *ense in American English8British US

$eence $eense

licence license

oence oense

pretence pretense


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@ouns ending with 0ogue

Some nouns that end with *ogue in %ritish English end with either *og or *oguein American

English8British US

analogue analog or analogue

catalogue catalog or catalogue

$ialogue $ialog or $ialogue

The distinctions here are not hard and fast. The spelling analogue is acceptable but not very

common in American English; catalog has become the S norm, but catalogue is not

uncommon;dialogue is still preferred over dialog.

Aside from spelling differences, many items and practices have different names in %ritish and

American English. To explore further, see %ritish and American terms.
http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/words/british-and-american-termshttp://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/words/british-and-american-terms

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