Speaking English allows you to actually broaden your world, from getting a placement at college or university to a job opportunity or perhaps just having the ability to relate to people whilst you are on your holiday in another country.
Knowing the language makes it much more interesting and genuinely exciting.
Anywhere you want to go in the world you can usually find someone who speaks English. If we account for only the country where the English language is the official language, the United Kingdom, Australia, U.S.A, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand and the Caribbean countries, there are more than 400 million native English speakers.
Simply put, it’s worth recognising that English is an international language.
The statistics reveal that more than a quarter of the world’s population speaks English. That means that’s about 1.6 billion people understand and relate with the help of the language of Shakespeare.
Not to mention that most of the films are in English and the largest film industry is in Hollywood, along with 100s of celebrities.
For the more mature, English provides you with opportunity, the access to jobs that you could not even take into consideration, you can evaluate an international career and you can live in a variety of countries with the ease of being able to go shopping explore London and/or perhaps negotiate rent for a house or flat.
The benefits to a person’s knowledge are countless. What’s important to understand is that the English language is able to remove a barriers, including cultural ones.
Knowing the habits and customs of other countries allows us to understand ourselves and others.
The English language allows us to relate and therefore to understand each other.