Computer Assignment 1

Name : Haidar Apriliawaty Hamisi

Student Number : 201536028

English Education Study Program, Faculty of Teachers Training and Education, Pattimura University

“Anybody can learn English. You can learn better English outside classroom, so there is no need to study it at school or take English courses. All you have to do is speak the language” 

Microsoft Word Practice Assignment 1

A communication language is really important. According to Pandhu Wismono (2013) “It is  important because everything is impossible to be done without communication” (p. 2). We are using a language as a means of a communication. English is also has been officially proclaimed as an international language which means that in the international school level, English language is always used as the medium language. In Indonesia for instance, in RSBI or SBI schools (it was), English is used as the medium for most of the courses except Bahasa Indonesia course. It is also a simple language. most people in all around the world are urged to master English as the second language.

As what is stated by Edward Sapir and Benyamin Lee Whorf (in Whorf, 1956) that language affects human’s perspective towards world; by learning English, children will also learn about its culture and of course it affects their point of view towards the world. Therefore, by learning English, children will improve their point of view towards the worlds and of course their knowledge.

Nowadays, the Governent want the students to be able to understand English rather than acquire it as the second language which they can use in the daily activities. In this country, those who are good in English subject will always be considered as smart students equal as science and math. That’s because English has always been considered as a difficult subject to master. It has been a general fact that if students can master English well, they will be able to study everywhere even they will be able to get scholarships easily.

English is really important for students, especially for the young learners. If you only can speak the language and not learn and studying English, you cannot speak them well and your listeners will not understand what you are talking about, because English is not our mother tounge that we can just speak. We have to know the grammar and how we pronunce the word of English. English is nothing if you just speak without the rule of the sentence that we called Grammar.

Anybody can learn English. There is nobody can speak Engish without learn even people in a country that using english as their mother tounge. They also learn and studying English since they’re still a kid. English may not be the most spoken language in the world, but it is the official language in a large number of countries.

References

B. L. Whorf. 1956. Language, Thought and Reality (ed. J. B. Carroll). Cambridge, MA: MIT Press

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"Why Should I Learn English?" – 10 Compelling Reasons for EFL Learners”. (2016, April 2). Retrieved from https://www.oxford-royale.co.uk/articles/reasons-learn-english.html

Wismono, P. 2013. Take Home Examination Academic Writing : The Importance of English language for young Learners in Indonesia. Semarang States University