Studies in Language, Literature, and Strategic Discourse

Studies in Language, Literature, and Strategic Discourse

English Language – The Most Essential Need of Today’s Mankind

Document Type : Review Article

Authors
Amirreza Mahmoudi Kohi 1
Milad Moradi 2
1 Master's degree, English Language Teaching, Islamic Azad University, Karaj branch
2 Master's degree, clinical psychology, Islamic Azad University, Zanjan branch
Abstract
Communicating with people of different countries is one of the most important human needs today. The communication that takes place between different countries in scientific courses or in the field of business requires a specific and original language in order to be able to extract the available information and knowledge in the best possible way and find a place in the world society. Every year, many people from all over the world immigrate to other countries in order to continue their education or get better job opportunities, which is not possible without knowing the English language. It doesn't matter where you live or what language you speak the important thing is that people will definitely recommend learning English as a second language. But the most important question that may occupy your mind is why we should learn English? (McKay, 2018). According to the research conducted by Selvi and Yazan (2013), English is the most common foreign language used all over the world. There are more than 400 million native English speakers in the world, and 500 million people use English as a second or destination language.
Keywords
Language studies
Linguistics
Communication
Foreign language
Sociolinguistics
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