English in life~英文係我地生活有咩用~又冇咩用

"English in life" is a Chingish :
- English for living
- Living English

Advantage
1. English is a popular language in the world.
2. Companies employ the people who are good at English
3. If we don't know English, we can not talk to the outlander
4. Typing English is faster than typing Chinese
5. We will miss some good books that are write in English

Disadvantage
1. We can only use Cantonese or Putonghua in H.K
2. Sometimes, English makes us feel bored
3. We don't need to communicate with foreigner
4. Too difficult for us to learn or handle this language
5. My parents, relatives and friends don't speak English, they think this language is very difficult

Point (1)
For: English, as an international language, is an essential communication medium to promote trades across countries. It is a tool to build up material success.
Against: Some highly developed countries can capitalise on other resources to build up material success even without good English standard. A typical example is Japan. It is hard work and strategies which count.

Point (2)
For: As an international language, it also promote cultural exchanges so that countries can learn the merits from each other and understand their shortcomings. In this way, humanity make progresses.
Against: The core part of any communication is sincerity and understanding. Language should not be a barrier to any truthful communication. Looking back on history, common languages did not prevent mankind from entering into wars [pls do research yourself to quote examples]

Point (3)
For: English is important in the tourism business. Good English proficiency helps the tourists out and helps to promote a country effectively.
Against: Tourist attractions and facilities are the core resources to attract tourists, e.g. Korea is experiencing a boost in its tourism business despite its low English standard.

Point (4)
For: English is an important learning medium, given so much learning materials and information are published in this language.
Against: Some people advocate Chinese as a teaching medium and initial experiments has proven that it can be equally effective.

Point (5)
For: Personal-wise, good English ability "dresses up" a person. It helps to effectively package a person's ideas, underplays drawbacks, awkward situations etc. It projects a "highly-educated" image.
Against: Concepts, originality, sincerity, wisdom, courage, smartness always speak itself. Language can set no boundary to the basic qualities of a person.

Listed above are some points to prompt on your thinking. Pls make development and elaborate yourself. Hope this would help.

"English in life" is a Chingish (Chinese-English). You should put it this way -
- English for living
- Living English

For
English is one of the most popular langages in the world.
The better in English, the higher pay you get.
People look up to those who speak fluent English
Typing English is much faster than that of Chinese
Many famous novel, books, fictions, journals were written in English. If you don't read English, you will miss it.

Against
Knowing Chinese is good enough for living in HK. No need to learn English
I don't need to communicate with foreigner. Why should i need to learn English
My friends, families and relatives don't speak English.
English is too difficult for me to learn
English is boring

2007-03-29 02:21:01 補充：
informative but not relevant