Example Essays - The Advantage of Using International Language

The Advantage of Using International Language
By Basori

English is widely-spread tool of communication in both developed and developing nations. Many people try to learn and master this language now, especially for them who do not have English as their mother tongue. Moreover, the government of some countries like Indonesia and Malaysia use English as the second language of its nation. They put English as one of the subject that must be learnt in schools and it will be tested in the final exam. By doing this, the government wants their citizen to use this international language to support their activities in many aspects. Actually, English as International language brings several advantages in some aspect for everyone who uses it that three of them will be stated here.
First, English as International language brings several advantages in political aspect. For example, demonstrators in non-English speaking countries often use signs of messages that written in English to convey their demands to TV-audience around the globe (www.wikipedia.com). By using the signs and messages in English, many people will understand what they mean or what they want, so they will support it at last. “Say No to Drugs” and “Stop Global Warming” is some of the popular messages that they yell. Another example is making political relationship among countries. They sometimes hold a meeting and talk about some cooperation in many sectors such as military, social, and culture. In this meeting, English as international language will smooth the meeting and avoid misunderstanding. Imagine when Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono spoke Bahasa Indonesia and Barack Obama spoke English in a meeting. The agreement would not be reached.
Second, English as international language not only has several advantages in political aspect, but also in economic aspect. For example, many businessmen use English as a medium for conducting business and commerce with some foreign partners. A “Honda” seller in Indonesia will call the “Honda” distributor in Japan to send some motorcycles. They will not use Japanese or Bahasa Indonesia, but they will use English in their conversation. Instantly, they will open a new market field not only in their country but also in another country. Furthermore, English also helps a country to promote itself. Indonesia use “Visit Indonesia Year 2008” as a slogan, which is packaged in English advertisement, to catch many foreigners to visit Indonesia, for instance. When many foreigners come to a country, it means they succeed in promoting its own country and finally it will add its income.
Finally, apart from politics and economics aspect, English as international language also brings advantages in educational aspect. For example, many students who are able to speak this international language can pursue their higher education abroad easily. As we know that they have to reach the score around 500-600 in TOEFL before they apply for the scholarship to study abroad. English will also help them to understand the lesson because most of international classes use English as their daily language teaching. Another example of the advantages of English as international language is helping the teachers to plan the lesson. The teachers can search some materials in the internet or by some books. Most of the materials now are written in English. Those materials are obtained from many experts from many countries. Therefore, they will not get dizzy to plan the lesson because they are helped by English as the global language.
There are so many advantages that English as the international language serves. Three of them are in politics, economics, and education aspect. Everyone will “walk” confidently through their life if they are capable of using this international language. It is like missing something in their life without English. As English is the global language that is used by many people and it gives a lot of advantages.