English – “the language of knowledge”
Posted By Webmaster on August 19, 2010
English – “the language of knowledge”
A recent news item that caught my attention reported that former Malaysian prime minister Mahathir Mohamad strongly supported the continuance of English language teaching in his country, saying this “will not make us less patriotic”. He also added: “People should accept the fact that English is currently the language of knowledge”.
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As an illustration to back up this statement, the internet is now a prime source of information across the whole spectrum of human knowledge and activity. Although the internet is available in various languages, English still remains the main language on websites around the world and the language people need to be fluent in if they want to take their company’s products or services to the international market, or work internationally.
Furthermore, we are living in an ever increasing technological environment and most of the scientific information and research is written in the English language. Commenting on this fact, Mahathir Mohamad stated: “You cannot rely on someone to translate the latest information for you as it changes every minute. If you master the English language, you can acquire the information by yourself and search for the information that will benefit you”.
Thailand is in a similar situation to Malaysia in as much that English language proficiency within the population is one of the key elements to achieving continuing economic, professional, scientific, commercial and social progress. Recognizing the importance of being able to read and write English, speak English and conduct presentations in English, the Thai Ministry of Education has shown is commitment to establishing an increasing number of international and English language programs within the country’s school system.
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English language vocabulary:
patriotic (adjective): loving one’s own country
illustration (noun): example (literally a picture)
back up (verb): support
prime (adjective): first or very important
spectrum (noun): range
acquire (verb): obtain
benefit (verb): help
proficiency (noun): skillful use
comprehensive (adjective): full, complete
disciplines (noun): subject areas
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Very well written post with an appropriate title, Thanks for sharing this.
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