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Why I Chose English As A Second Language Essay

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Being able to speak many foreign languages is becoming more and more important in today’s world, especially international languages such as English or Spanish. Being fluent in these languages is a gateway to finding jobs abroad as well as to personal growth. In my country there’s a saying: “You are as many times a person as many languages you speak” and I couldn’t agree more.
When I started learning basic English words along with the ones of my native language when I was 3 years old, I could have never imagined that 15 years later it will be one of my greatest passions, that I’d become so immersed in it that I even think sometimes in English.
However I have discovered that my talent isn’t limited only to English; I’m now also intensively learning Spanish, by my estimates I’m on level B1 at the moment. …show more content…

Using apps such as Lumosity or Duolingo helped me greatly with learning both English and Spanish and I have also taken part in several online courses on FutureLearn, for example “Understanding IELTS” or “The Lottery of Birth; at this moment I am participating in a course “Exploring English: Shakespeare”.
Reading books in English is also one of my favourite activities and I prefer watching films and TV series in English as well without subtitles.
My seminars at school such as “English Speaking Countries”, “History of XX. century” or “People and Events” has been too very beneficial to me; all these seminars are being taught in English.
I have had also taken part in many English and geographical contests throughout the years and I’m about to compete in another one called “Angličtinář roku” (=“Best in English”) at the end of this January.
Amongst other things which aren’t in my compulsory schedule is school’s Student Parliament, of which I am a member. We solve problems of students and organise interesting

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