In this modern age, we cannot deny and ignore the importance of English. English is the lingua franca of the world; this is due to English is the only language that truly links the whole world together. Other than that, it will help one to get a scholarship, a better chance of entrée to a university or succeed in an interview. In addition, it has been playing an important role in developing a country for many centuries in sectors such as medicine, engineering, and education. There are three importances of English which are helping one in one’s business, education and for getting a job.
It is very important for a person to learn and absorb from others. Without interacting with others we will continue to do what is right to us and will not want to learn more efficient yet easier ways to do the same task. English is the language for all. English helps us all get close to each other. Most international events and news no matter from which region they occur are all telecasted on the television or radios in English.
Learning other languages serves as a platform to learning other cultures. For graduates of Higher Education they need to be presented with different ways of knowing and thinking about the world and this can be made possible through intercultural communication skills. Without doing that then the current challenges facing higher education will never perish on the face of the developing
Now English is the language of international politics, trade, commerce and industry. Today it is very necessary to learn English, because if we want to have our say in the world, we must know English, we must understand English. At present, one out of ten persons in the world knows English. 75% of the world’s mail, 50% of the world’s newspapers, over 60% of the world’s radio stations and more than 50% of the world’s scientific and technical periodicals use English as a medium of
This leads them to having low confidence in using the language so they don't get involved in the conversation and sometimes feel not as intelligent as they might be. Some of the employee might think that it is unnecessary for them to master English as their division is not directly dealing with the client. But, every employee must complete themselves with the knowledge for the company beneficial as the internet web content is published in English especially published by businesses. So it is very important to know English not just for communication but to understand business information, terminologies and data over the Internet and communicate it further with the other co-workers. Having access to so much more information can make a real difference to your professional life, even if you don't work with colleagues or clients who speak English.
Learning English actually brings many benefits for people. According to a post in Human Resource International written by Marcus Godden, there are three main reasons that makes learning English to be an important role in education. First of all, people use English like a tool to access any information easily. As can be seen, most of the web pages on the Internet are in English. Rebecca (2014) has reported : “ The Internet has a huge amount of information, some of which can only be accessed in English.
The English language is rich in words and knowledge and is absolutely important in our everyday lives. USA and Great Britain is a very popular travel-destination today. Therefore; because people like the culture and environment there, more people learn English to be able to communicate with others when they go there. I use English whenever I check social media, read books and basically whenever I use any technology. In the future I would like to travel to as many places as I can, and English will be very important when I want to communicate with the people I meet.
Thus, English rendered the world so interconnected and linked. One field in which English is widely used is teaching. Sometimes educators teach it as a foreign language, as a second language and sometimes they teach it to speakers of other languages. Despite the claim that teaching English in these ways reinforces cultural hegemony and alienates students from their native culture because it is accompanied by the teaching of American and British cultures, the teaching of English promotes diversity, openness, and knowledge of other cultures. Some people hold a pessimistic view about English.
In this modern age, we cannot deny and ignore the importance of English. English is the lingua franca of the world; this is due to English is the only language that truly links the whole world together. Other than that, it will help one to get a scholarship, a better chance of entrée to a university or succeed in an interview. In addition, it has been playing an important role in developing a country for many centuries in sectors such as medicine, engineering, and education. There are three importances of English which are helping one in one’s business, education and for getting a job.
English has its indomitable influence as the language of global communication and advancing technology and hence its growing need and value in education is inevitable, everywhere in the world. The progress of globalization and English language development are interrelated and they complement each other by working as pull factors for one another. Hence in this era of communication, such interlink between English and employability is getting strengthened day by day and it is quite obvious that English determines the employment opportunities and career prospects of a graduate, who enters the global job market. This paper overviews the strong bondage between this universal language and employment and the implication it has on the increased employability, especially in India. KEY WORDS: Influence of English, increased employability, tool for global competence, the growing need for English proficiency ENGLISH FOR EMPLOYABILITY English, which is be considered as an international language and the most dominant language in the world, plays an important role as a tool of communication locally and globally and unanimously gained the status of being recognized as the global medium for any field on this earth.