Why learn English?

I believe you will often get this question from elementary and high school students as an ESL teacher. What are your going to answer them? Lets try and answer their question. If we look at the statistics we might find interesting numbers on the question. One person out of five on earth speaks English and sixty to eighty percent of all of the e-mails send in the world are in English. I believe that the knowledge of the English language will be indispensable in the nere future. A learner of English, Jacky Lee, discusses why she needs to learn English in the topics-mag.com. Here is what she wrote on the suject:

Many people all over the world speak English as their second language. It is not too much to say that it has become an international language.
Studying English can make life fun. It enables you to watch American movies, read English books and listen to English songs. Moreover, as English is an international language, you will be able to communicate with foreigners when you are on a trip abroad. Traveling will be more interesting that way.
It is a good idea to make friends with foreigners. In my opinion, it is the best way to improve your English. In addition, it will be fun and it will expand your view of the world. If you make friends with a native speaker, you can practice your spoken English more often and then you can communicate with people around the world. You can also become familiar with the customs and habits of different cultures.
There are some people who are afraid to make friends with foreigners because they are not confident of their English. However, many foreigners do not care about grammar. They will get your key words in the sentence and figure out the whole meanings. Therefore, it is unnecessary to be afraid to make friends with them; just go head!
Learning English helps us meet different people and learn more about their culture, thus facilitating mutual understanding and harmony. Briefly said, English is so useful to us that we should all learn it.

Do you agree with her? Can this answer the students' question? Can you find other reasons why we should learn English.

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