I already know that you all need to learn English to go to an American university. Try to go deeper than that: Is going to an American university the only reason you are learning English? What are some other reasons - maybe even some you haven't thought of before now? You could also say how learning English is changing you - the way you think, the way you act, the way you plan for the future, etc. Is learning English changing the way you speak in your first language? Please post a response by next Thursday (10/22).
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I'm learning English to know more about the United States.
ReplyDeleteLearning English also helps me learn about American people and culture.
ReplyDeleteEnglish is widely used throughout the world,and it's kinda fun!
ReplyDeletebecause I'm in U.S.A now,I have to learn English.
ReplyDeleteif I'm very good at English, I can find more international friends. And I'm interested about difference culture. If I learn English, it will be easy to know difference culture.
English is the most important language in the world.If you can speak english very well.You don't need to worry about many thing.Like you want to travel someplace,the english is still working in many place.If you want to get some good school or some business,english is very important for talking.I also want to learn more language.
ReplyDeleteI'm in United States now.If I want to quickly integrate into the culture,learning English is very important to me
ReplyDeleteEnglish isn't only a language, but also a key to know a different culture deeply. So I should learn English to communion, to know the inside information of English culture. I think I cannot learn many inside information of English culture, because I'm Chinese. I just want to stay in America several years, so I cannot compare with American. But I will try my best to learn English well.
ReplyDeleteBecause i think english will be the pass on the society in the future so i must learn the english.I also want to learn more things about the USA so if i konw how to speak english it will helpful.I like language i can find many funny things form the chinese i want find more fun form the language so i want learn english.i also like american girls if i can speak english l can talk with them so l can have many opportunitys.
ReplyDeleteMaybe these are the reasons
Excellent comments, everyone! I agree that to learn about a country or a culture, it's useful to learn the language. Unfortunately, most Americans don't know Chinese, so if you want to communicate with people here - including potential girlfriends and boyfriends - you need to speak English. Keep those comments coming! TG
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ReplyDeleteCan you like type what is the homework here,because sometimes i want to check I already copy the homework correctly.
Thank you!
If you can't, that's okay!
Oops~
ReplyDeleteEnglish is becoming a world language! Each part of the world are learning English. And I think English is easier than other languages. I know a little Japanese and Korean. But I realize those are more difficult than English.
Haa,
Annie.
I thing that is a very important dialect in the world, is becoming a world language.And i like learn new things and dialects are amazing to learn.:)
ReplyDeleteIn fact,I really don't know the reason that I wanna learn English and come to here. Maybe just because I have to, for my dreaming future and further study in top universities.However,it's not so boring for me because I can use it to communicate with more people who come from totally different place and speak different language.Maybe that's all!*_*
ReplyDelete______Rita Miao
When do we have a next homework ?
ReplyDeleteSo we just need to write one journal per week ?
Thank you!
ENGLISH IS IMPORTANT FOR THE WORLD . IT IS A INTERNATIONAL LANGUAGE . AND COME TO US WE ARE INTERNATIONAL STUDENT WE MUST BE STUDY ELL ! ENGLISH TEACHER WERE GIVE THE STUDENTS SO MANY IDEA AND SO MANY GOOD WORDS !
ReplyDeleteEnglish is not very interesting but usefu for me.If i do not know that i can not talk to anyone or learn anything in USA. It's also very helpful for me in the future so i have to learn English even though it's very hard for me.
ReplyDeleteenglish is the most international language in the world now. i m in us now.i must learn english.and if i want to go to a good collage in us. i must speak good english.i want make more international friends and learn more stuff about ever country
ReplyDeleteEnglish is becoming an international language, our daily life is full of English words. So we can say that English opens a wide window for us to explore the interesting outside world.
ReplyDeleteIt's interesting that many of the reasons you give for learning English are reasons Americans and Europeans could give for learning Chinese and Spanish: learning an important world language, learning about another culture, making international friends, exploring the world...One person says English is easier to learn than other languages? Do you agree, or are all languages equally hard (or easy) to learn?
ReplyDeleteI am study English is for the future. I like listen and reading English. But I'm very hate study English grammer. So i think English Grammer is difficult for me.
ReplyDeleteIs going to an American university the only reason you are learning English? actually no~
ReplyDeleteand i don't know y i should learn it~
just for fun~~~haha
and to met more boy from other country~
As you know,english is our tool to change our ideas to the world as it's the most wide-speaking language in the world.For me,it's my basic thing to get in a american university.What's more,I should use english to live in the USA and know some friends in the USA,especially girls...
ReplyDeleteSo,i think i should learn english~~
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ReplyDeleteI think the main reason for me to study english is because it is really important in now society. It is a really common language in all over world. At the same, we can also learn many cultures through english. Because of these several reason make me want to study english.
ReplyDeleteLearning English means more convenience for me. When I need to talk to someone that comes from a different country, English may be the only language that I can use. For those new released movies, language won't be my problem any more. English is the most important tool when I travel around the world, rather than money and food. Learning English is for survival.
ReplyDeleteEvery time at school, cafe, movie theater while chatting with somebody here. I did not really understand them exactly. I think it's one of the good reasons to learn English that I want to have a good communication with the whole country.
ReplyDeleteAnd there is another good reason to learn it that many people can speak English in many country. The language that most people of the world speak is Chinese. But the most wide-used language is English. Even Chinese schools have English class as regular class every day.
So i think it is necessary to learn it anyway.
as english is a international language, which will be very useful in my future life, so i study english.
ReplyDeleteEnglish can be used all over the world. It's very useful. It's challenging for us too. I want to do something challenging. In China, English is also one of the most important courses. It's as important as Chinese or Math. I also think English is one of the most beautiful languages. Learning English is benefit for us. That's why I want to learn English
ReplyDeletemake more friends
ReplyDeleteIt seems i am the last one...
ReplyDeleteI learn English because it's useful.I can talk to people from every country with English.And also I love to learn other countries languages.It helps me deeply understand their culture.And I can sing English songs and watch English movies as well.
Isn't it fantastic?
it doen't mean i want to learn English,because i have to learn it.english became a world language today
ReplyDeleteif you know english you will have more opportunities
make more more friends~~
ReplyDeleteBecause chinese is difficult, less foreigns can learn how to say chinese. we can't use chinese communicate with american. so learning english is necessary for us to cpmmunicate.
ReplyDeleteI must be the last one....
ReplyDeleteThe reason why I want to study English as my second language is I want to be a bilingual. I admire some chinese people who can speak English fluently, so, i want to speak English as good as them. The other reason is the official language of many countries in the world is English. I should learn to speak fluent English if I want to travel around world and also improve my listening to know a lot of things from the other countries.
English is the most widely spoken language all around the world, even if we are back in China, we also need to learn English well.
ReplyDeleteNowadays,the whole world has been connected more and more closer and English is being used more and more wildly. It's good for our future to study English well and it's also a very good chance to learn another way of learning a language.
ReplyDeleteAnd I want to study in American college ,I have to learn it well.
because i need to study in america , so ...
ReplyDeleteand that english is a necessary class on the school schedule in china