1000 word composition explains the importance of English.

English is the main international language and the most widely used language in the world. According to the statistics of 1986,

Nearly 400 million people in the world speak English as their mother tongue, and almost one tenth of them speak English. Britain, the United States, Canada and Australia

People in Australia, New Zealand and other countries all speak English. About 20 countries in the world use English as an official language or a second language.

There are about 800 million people. In other words, almost one in five people in the world knows English at least to some extent. If added to the world.

The number of primary and secondary school students learning English in the world, and even more people know English.

② English is widely used. More than 70% of the mail in the world is written in English, or the address is written in English. Broadcast to the world

60% of the programs are conducted in English. Most international materials are published in English. Most international conferences are

English is the first common language and one of the official working languages of the United Nations. In short, in international politics, military affairs, economy, science

English is an important communication tool in the fields of science and technology, culture, trade and transportation.

With the continuous expansion of China's opening to the outside world, the continuous progress of science and technology, and the continuous improvement of international status, there is an urgent need to create a large number of

Professionals who are proficient in foreign languages can accelerate China's "four modernizations" and make China play a bigger and more active role in international affairs. Therefore,

Learning English well is of great practical and far-reaching historical significance for achieving the above goals.

We need to learn from other people's advanced technology.

Earth-shaking changes have indeed taken place in China in recent decades, with rapid development in all aspects. However, there is no doubt that we still lag behind the advanced western countries in many aspects of technology. To develop and make progress, we must master all kinds of technologies in a relatively short period of time. We can't do research on our own, but we must learn from others' advanced technologies. The necessary prerequisite for learning is to master the world-wide language of technical communication, our tool-English. Take computer program development as an example: although the current computer operating system has been published in Chinese, the application programs are still written in English. Most high-tech materials are written in English. Although India is not as developed as China in many aspects, its software development industry is much more developed than China. An important reason for this gap is that the English application level of Indian programmers is generally higher than that of China programmers.

Cooperation with all countries in the world requires English.

While learning from other people's advanced technology and experience, we also need to carry out various technical and economic cooperation with other countries in the world. If you don't know English, you can't communicate with your partners, let alone cooperate. For example, a company has developed world-class products, and if it can open the international market, its future is bright. But it happened that the company staff did not understand English, could not communicate well with foreign customers, and could not show the excellent performance of the products, so it was a heavy loss.

How to learn English well

Knowing the importance of learning English, how can we learn English well?

Learning according to practical application needs

Since we have discussed before that English is actually just a tool, before learning, we must first make clear our purpose of learning English. Is it a literary creation or a practical work? I believe that most people learn English because of work needs, so English is just a tool for us to communicate with western countries and learn advanced western technology. In the past, English education in China focused on reading a large number of literary works, but in fact, this practice did more harm than good for English beginners. For example, a flight attendant only needs to verbally ask the guests what they need, or report the local weather and other simple information. Reading literary works can be said to be of no help to her work. Before we learn English, we should repeatedly emphasize that English is a tool, and we should clearly know what we need to do with this tool. Decide the content and method of learning according to the specific needs. If you are a stewardess by profession, then obviously you don't need to understand Shakespeare's works.

English is China and China is English.

Many people always have a hint when learning English. English is a foreign language, and learning a foreign language cannot be compared with the mother tongue. But in fact, this idea is wrong. Both Chinese and English are just a language and a tool for communication between people. As long as you can speak Chinese well, there is no reason not to speak English well. Many people find it difficult to learn English well only because of time and environment. Think that we have been using Chinese since we were born, whether we are studying, working, playing, eating or even sleeping and dreaming. And we spend relatively little time in English. If we learn to use English as we learn to use Chinese, I believe anyone with normal language ability can learn English well.

Others say that childhood is the best time to learn a language, and then it is difficult to learn a new language. This statement has some truth, but it is not inevitable. Many tens of years old people can communicate fluently in English in just a few years after emigrating overseas, because they have to use English for food, clothing, housing and transportation. Some immigrants stay in Chinatown all their lives and only deal with China people all their lives. Even if they have lived abroad for more than ten years, they may not speak a few words of English. Thus, the key lies in long-term application.

Pay attention to cultivate a good sense of language.

China's English education system has always attached great importance to grammar learning. The result is that grammar is very good, but I really can't speak a few fluent English. Because when you speak, you can use all kinds of grammar rules in your mind over and over again to see what to say. How can you speak fluent English in this way? China's emphasis on learning grammar has led many people to mistakenly think that only grammar has a language, but they don't know that there is a language in fact, and after a long time, various usages are relatively fixed, so people sum up these laws into grammar. In fact, most people in English-speaking countries don't know grammar, but they can still communicate with others in English very well. People have natural language ability, which is a feeling, not a rule. This feeling is produced by long-term smearing. Only with this feeling can you express your thoughts fluently in English, and you don't need to waste time thinking about any grammar problems.