they are unaware of the importance of English language as they tend to ignore to learn the language. Students attitude towards the language is also crucial to make sure that these teenagers can face the future world better by learning English language as it is an international language. Although the government has repeatedly told us of the importance of English, many students are still not bothered about studying it seriously. There is also a campaign that still on to make all the alaysian becomes a better English learner, which is !Enhance "ro#ciency in $ahasa alaysia, Strengthen the English. English is the most important and the most useful language in the world today. There are many reasons why you should study the language properly. %irst and foremost, English will de#nitely help you a lot when you want to further studies. Almost all books at university are written in English in all sub&ects. "lus, it is a compulsory for any candidate to pass English with credit before entering any universities. So, if you are poor in English, you will blow you chance for better education or worse, you are going to have a big problem studying at university. The second reason why you have to study English well is that it will help you to get a &ob. 'hen you go for a &ob interview, the interviewer will surely talk to you in English. The #rst impression you should give in order to success and have the &ob is, to respond in English (uently. )our chances of getting the &ob are very slim if you stutter while interviewing. A good command in of English will also help you greatly in your &ob. If the company you work is actively involved in international trade, you have to speak to prospective customers in English. iscommunication might occur if your English is bad. And this will put your company at risk and you will likely be dismissed if this happen. *ood English will also help you a lot when you travel. Every country in the world studies English. Even the roadside stall+holders in ,hina speak fairly good English- At least some of the people you meet on your travels in other countries can understand English. The language is certainly practical when you are lost in your trip. ,ommunication problem will not happen if you can converse well in English. Inevitably, English is one of the languages used in any airport in the world in making announcement. .nowing English well, therefore, make travelling overseas easier. $esides all these, entertainment is one of the ma&or advantages you will e/perience if you good in English. )ou will en&oy televisions best programmes. 'e must admit that many of the best programmes are produced by the Americans and $ritish companies. 0igh self con#dence in(uenced by the programmes will indirect inculcate in yourself when you are (uent in the language. 1uality time is worthily spent if you understand and en&oy the programmes. $ased from all the above elaboration, I hope that students will see the importance and realise how importance the language is for their own future. Although it is a second language in our country, it is now a main language all over the world. $E2E%ITS 3% 4EA5I2* E2*6IS0 2E'S"A"E4 A very good morning to our honourable principal, my lovable teachers and my fellow friends. As the president of our schools English 6anguage Society, I am very proud to talk on the bene#ts of reading newspapers. 4eading English newspaper by people in alaysia is still in a low level especially English newspaper. English newspaper is not only providing information about what happened in our world but it also can help us to improve our English language. It gives many bene#ts to us such as improve general knowledge, enrich vocabulary and enhance our reading skills. %irstly, by reading English newspaper, we can improve our knowledge in English language. It is an easy way if we want to learn by ourselves. $y English newspaper, we can know very interesting things and important international news. 'hen we read more, we can write better essays because our knowledge is ade7uate to provide interesting ideas to talk about. Shortly, reading English newspaper will not only upgrade our language ability but also become more knowledgeable. Secondly, we can easily enrich our vocabulary and improve language skills by reading English newspaper. English newspaper contains many useful and common words. There are many vocabularies we dont know what they mean, but we should guess their meanings skillfully and logically. If we still dont know their meanings, we use the dictionary and recite the key words. $y doing this, we can improve our English. 6astly, we can enhance the reading skills we have. If we continue reading English newspaper, we can get used to English language. $esides that, it also helps us in writing skills. 'hen we reading English newspapers, we can try to guess meanings between sentences, and try not to look up them in dictionary right away. $y doing this we can increase our reading speed. 'e also will encounter the words several times to become familiar with them and know to use them in conte/t. This is a good way to enhance reading skills in English language. 2e/t, reading is giving us the rela/ation and for leisure. 3ne good e/ample is when we read comedy maga8ines and funny &okes. 'e also can spend our time in a good way when we read a lot. 'e can have reading as our best hobby as it brings many good things to us as students. 4eading English newspaper are one of the good things to spend on a free time beside it can open our mind and improve our general knowledge. In conclusion, we have to keep reading the newspaper regularly as our daily habit. I think reading is very important. 'e have to read otherwise we cant succeed in the future. 4eading is very important. If we dont read books we cant learn better English, if we dont learn English we cant get better &ob. any people think that reading is not so important. I think they should think more. Advantage of Reading
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