Why learning English is so important

English is one of the world’s most spoken languages.

It’s spoken by billions with different levels of mastery. It’s used for everything, from daily life to business.

Thus, it’s a language you need to learn and master.

But, we feel it’s best to go into specifics! So below, we’ll mention 5 reasons why you should learn English.

1. Expands Your Social Opportunities

When you speak a language, you can only interact with others who speak it.

But when you speak English, you can interact with the whole world.

By learning English, you better communicate with different cultures. You can speak to those from different continents and countries.

Make Friends Internationally

When speaking English, you can make friends across continents.

You can be someone who lives in India, with a friend in Germany. Here, the mediating language is going to be English.

Dating Internationally

There’s an exotic aspect of finding a lifelong partner overseas. And by mastering English, this becomes a possibility.

You can bring someone into your life with different habits and norms than you. It’ll make your life richer and more interesting.

2. Improves Your Use of the Internet

Most of the information online is in English.

Even the most popular services are best used in English. Also, they’ve been founded by native English speakers.

Good examples include social media websites. Ones like Facebook, Twitter, and Google were founded by Americans.

Also, database sites like Wikipedia were founded by Americans.

In essence, using the internet well requires a mastery of English. Because most of the useful info and services are in that language.

3. Expands Your Knowledge Sources.

By mastering English, you can read more and learn more.

You’re not restricted to books in your local language anymore. You can read books in English, which is always an advantage.

After all, English is a common language to translate books too.

Translated Foreign Works.

Through English, you can get the translated works of many cultures.

You can read translated all sorts of translated works. You can get information on other cultures that your local language doesn’t provide.

Translated Media

You can now watch movies, videos, and news in English.

You can watch subtitled media too. For example, you can watch a Spanish movie with English subtitles.

You’ll still understand what’s going, even though the culture is foreign to you.

4. Helps You Market Yourself.

Most online marketing is in English.

From Google Ads, to video commercials, and even news articles.

In fact, the field of online copywriting is almost entirely in English.

Even online local advertising (in non-English speaking countries) is in English.

By mastering English, you learn how to present yourself online.

You can effectively market yourself, your business, or whatever project you have.

5. Gives You a Career Advantage.

English mastery is a nice addition to your CV/resume, especially in local countries.

Mastering 2 languages is a sign of knowledge.

You see, learning a new language requires tons of exposure. You must read a lot, listen a lot, and practice a lot.

To master 2 languages requires discipline. And it expands your scope of knowledge in the process.

Both are valued traits by employers. After all, employers want discipline and well-read employees

English = Business Opportunities

Many local businesses dream of expanding to foreign clients. And doing so requires a mastery of the English language.

When you bring English to an employer, you present yourself as someone who can expand business opportunities.

English Makes You More Helpful

Being bilingual solves many problems in today’s business world.

Being bilingual makes you a good business translator in your field. It makes you a selected candidate for negotiations with foreign clients.

And this makes you more important to an employer – which means promotions and pay raises.

Book recommendations for each English level

As we discussed in our last newsletter, reading can be incredibly useful when learning English.

So here are some recommendations for books to help you get started with reading in English

Beginner - these books tend to use fairly straightforward English and were written for teenagers, this makes them ideal for you if you haven’t read a book in English before

Holes by Louis Sachar

Curious incident of the Dog in the Nighttime by Mark Haddon

Wonder by R.J. Palacio

Intermediate - here the books may use more idioms or slang, but the writing style is still rather accessible

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

About a Boy by Nick Hornby

The Girl with all the Gifts by Mike Carey

Advanced - the authors here used more complex language and make more cultural reference and jokes which may be hard to comprehend for beginners

American Gods by Neil Gaiman

Dune by Frank Herbert

Silent Scream by Angela Marson