Everyone knows his own language but it is useful to know foreign languages. As Johnson Samuel “Language is the dress of thought” English is the most widespread language on the Earth nowadays. Throughout the world many people use English as an international language. Some people use it for social purposes, others – for business or study. There are also certain “international” professions, such as translators or interpreters, diplomats, teachers, flying personnel, which require a working knowledge of English.
Learning a foreign language is not an easy thing at all. It is a long and slow process that takes a lot of time and personal efforts to study any language.
Nowadays it is especially important to know any foreign language. Some people learn a language because they need it for their job, others to travel abroad, for the third studying a language is a hobby. Everyone who knows a foreign language has a good chance and splendid opportunity to speak with people from other countries, read foreign authors in the original, which makes his or her world outlook wider.
At the present time English has become the world’s most important language in any sphere of our life: in politics, science, trade and cultural relations. For example, half of the world’s scientific literature is in English. Moreover it is the language of the computer technology. Therefore, needless to say, English today is absolutely necessary for every educated person, for every good specialist.