~Learning English as Second Language~

Since Bahasa Malaysia is our first language, learning English as a second language potentially develops some negative feelings within the learners such as the sense of fragility and defensiveness. They might felt silly when they used  the wrong choice of words or even not be able to communicate face to face. However, in today's global world,  learning English becomes necessary as it is a key to access the knowledge where most of the printed or written materials are in English. Thus, there are lots of advantages in learning English as second language in terms of communication, job opportunities and  education.

Communication

There are millions of people speak English all over the world which turns English to become an international language and medium to communicate. Furthermore, learning English is beneficial when we meet up foreign people and we able to communicate, understand what they talking about and make friends with them. Besides that, we will not encounter any problems or feel worried for being misunderstood when study abroad or visit a new place or country. Even though we only have basic in English as some people do not manage to get proper education, but at least we can speak and understand simple things. In addition, communication becomes a vital part of today's global challenges where people talking to each other through phone, sending emails, chatting and  sharing the information using medium of English even they are from different countries. 

Job Opportunities

Master in English will open the door to wide employment opportunities includes of business, teaching profession as well as translator. People who are interested in business should be able to read and speak English fluently as the data are written in English such as memo, contract and emails. English has become global language in business world to make the transaction becomes clearer and easier as it involves lots of communication between customers and suppliers. Thus, the knowledge in English and ability to speak English fluently are very helpful in seeking for the job as the employers are more interested in people who are bilingual. 

Education and Information

As we know, most of the references and text books are written in English. Thus, learning English as second language enable the learners to understand better without translating the text one by one. Furthermore, most of the researches and journals are written in English which require us to have knowledge in English. In addition, internet provides us with large amount of information which most of them are written in English.

here, there is a good example of why learning English as second language is very beneficial :-)