Example Essays - The Advantages of using English In International Airports

The Advantages of using English In International Airports
By: Bunga Aruma Nirmatika

Every country in the world has international airport. For example in Indonesia, we have Sukarno-Hatta airport, which is one of the international airports in the world. As we know, nowadays English is known as the international language in the world. Every people in the world who want to go to another country usually must have the ability to speak English. International airports, involved Sukarno-Hatta airport, use English as their delivery language. In Sukarno-Hatta airport, everyday people arrive and depart not only from Indonesia but also from the other countries. Due these events, the officials who work in this airport must have good ability in speaking English. The use of English in the international airports has three advantages.
First, by using English, the officials can announce some important information about the flight in English to the visitors, so they can understand those announcements. For instance, the officials use English to announce that the plane will take of, the flight is delayed, the passengers are supposed to enter some rooms, etc. Although the visitors are Australian, Arabian, Palestinian, Chinese, etc, they usually will understand the announcement in the international airports. They know that nowadays, if they want to go to another country they need to study English. Beside announcements, which are given by the officials, every public facility in the airport for example, café, mini market, restaurant, and rest room need to be signed in English.
Second, by using English in the international airport, there will be no misunderstanding and mess situation happened in the airport. In the second paragraph stated that the visitors from many countries have understood every announcement in the international airport, so there will be no misunderstanding to interpret the announcement. We can imagine what happened if the visitors don’t understand the important information about the flight, maybe there would be mess situation in the airport. For instance, if the passengers don’t understand the announcement that the plane will take off, they will delay their flight until the next fligh, so the airport will be very crowded. So, the usage of English in the international airport can avoid misunderstanding and mess situation in that airport.
Beside to make announcement can be understood and to avoid misunderstanding and mess situation in the international airports, English can be used as means to give the best service to the visitors. By using polite and friendly English when the officials give the announcements, the passengers will be glad to come to this airport, so the ticket flight reservation will increase.
In conclusion, after analyzing, we know that there are three advantages of the usage of English in the international airports. They are to make the announcement to be understood by the visitors, to avoid misunderstanding and mess international, and to give the best service to the visitors of the international airports. So, English give the important role in the international airport. It is used as means of communication, So Nowadays, it is necessary to have ability in speaking English if people want to go to another country.