Why do you learn English

 

Question:

Why do you learn English?

Answer:

English is the most frequently used language for communication with people from different countries. At present, English is used as an international language. It is also used as the global language and lingua franca. 

We need to learn English for our higher education. Most of the books on higher education are written in English. If we want to learn vast knowledge, we have to take help from these books. Today, more than 80% of all information on the internet is in English. English is a must in order to get a good job.

According to Neeley (2012), Today 1.7 billion people speak English at a useful level. Among them, there are 400 million native speakers (Crystal, 2003, P.67), 600 million speak English as a second language, and 600 million speak English as a foreign language. More than 80% of communication in English is held between non-native speakers of English (Crystal, 2003). 

Similarly, Graddol (2006) projects that in the next 10-15 years, the number of English speakers is likely to reach a peak of around 2 billion.

So, we can say that English is a powerful international language that is vastly used all over the world.