Opinion Essay

All Students Should Learn A Second Language

            Language means “the method of human communication.” Everyone must

have a language to communicate with people and to survive. In fact, language is like

life. If you do not have a language you cannot survive. However, learning and

acquiring a new language is like gaining a new life. When you gain a second

language, you have the ability to communicate with different people. and are able to

live in a foreign country because you could use your second language to survive. So

I believe all students should learn a second language so that they can communicate easily,

gain more jobs opportunities and increase their education.

First, learning a second language helps us to communicate with different people

who speak different language. It is very wonderful to communicate with people who

have a different language, culture and knowledge such as American people. American people are very friendly. They have a different culture from my country. For example, when I came to the United States, I was uncomfortable. Because when I finished eating in a restaurant, I left the restaurant without cleaning my table. Because in my country we usually have special workers to clean the tables. After that, the casher asked me to clean it. In fact, I didn’t know about their wonderful culture where everyone is responsible to clean his table. In fact, I couldn’t communicate with American people, because I didn’t know how to speak English as well. After studying English, I met with American people and learned more about their culture.

Next, speaking a second language makes you qualified to gain more jobs

opportunities. Many countries need workers who have experience with different jobs

and a second language to communicate with the visitors and costumers. In fact, if you

speak a different language, you may have more opportunities to get a great job in your country or other countries as well. For example, my sister speaks English very well, because she lived in the United States many years. She acquired a job in Germany as an English teacher because of her English language. Furthermore, In Florida, most of the

people who live in Miami speak Spanish language. That means if you would like to work

in Miami city you may learn Spanish language. For instance, I had an American friend

who learned Spanish language in Venezuela. When he came back to the United States,

he already got a job in Miami city because of his Spanish language.

            Finally, learning a new language helps us to gain new knowledge. As we know,

every country has its own way to teach, and some subjects that you do not like when you

were in your country you may like them when you study them in a foreign country. For example, I was studying in Florida, and I got a mathematics tutor to teach me mathematics. I understood him when he taught me very well. However, when I was in my country I did not like mathematics as much as when I study it in the United States. I liked some of mathematics when I studied In the United States because of the way that they teach it. In addition, gaining a second language helps us to acquire new ideas. For instance, when I came to the United States I met American people, and I told them that I want to buy a new computer, but my city did not have an apple store. Then they told me that I can buy whatever I want by the Internet, and it will be delivered to me as soon as possible. In fact, it was in my country we do not usually use the Internet to buy our needs.

In conclusion, language is the only method to communicate with people, it is

essential for everyone to have a language to survive. In fact, it is useful for students

to learn a second language to gain more jobs opportunities in foreign countries. In

addition, when you learn a second language your education will increase and you

will acquire new knowledge. Additionally, when all students acquire a second

language the world may change and will improve because the knowledge will move

from country to another country by the communication.