Assalamualaikum Warahmatullahi Wabarokatuh, Your Excellencies Mr. Toto M.

M, as the principal of SMA 1 Kesatrian Semarang The honorable of juries, Dear m frien!s "ho participates in this speech contest, An! m lo#ing brothers an! sisters... In the name of Allah, the Beneficent and the Merciful. All praises be to Allah SWT, the lord of the world, who has given us such deeply enjoyable, particularly faith and healthy comfort, hence, we could attend here in a good situation. Peace and Salutation be upon our prophet Muhammad SAW, who has taught us the cardinal principles of the unity of od, obliged us to confess it with the tongue and believe it in the heart. Ladies and Gentlemen,,, !ndeed, it is very great pleasure for me in this precious chance to deliver my speech to the most honorable audiences entitled" THE IMPORTANCE OF MASTERING ENGLISH Dear brothers and sisters,,, #anguage plays an important role in human life. $ne tries to ac%uire, learn and use language as a means of communication, and simultaneously as social symbol of humanity. &y using language someone could ma'e statements, convey facts and 'nowledge, e(plain or report something, and 'eep social relations among the language users. These indicate that by means of language, people can e(press their ideas, feeling, information etc through communication. Happ audience,,, As one of language in the world, )nglish is considered and applied as international language. Since then, it is very popular and have been spo'en and learnt by almost people in the world. There are some reasons why )nglish is important and many people attempt to learn it. Some of them are" for finding job, traveling, interacting one each other, doing business, ta'ing e(amination, doing research, writing in the foreign language, etc. Ladies and Gentlemen, !n such developing country li'e !ndonesia, )nglish has a vital role in all aspects of life, particularly in science and technology. *urthermore, it can be used for developing relationships in the international forum, for reading )nglish boo' $especiall for stu!ents from primar school up to colleges%uni#ersit +, to tighten the relationship among nations in the world. As students, we learn )nglish are intended to obtain various 'nowledge, to comprehend and understand the te(tboo's learned in )nglish, to gain 'nowledge and s'ills, and to be ready enter to the wor' field, as one of the test re%uirements for applicant. #oo'ing at the above important roles of )nglish, that is why )nglish is very important to understand and to master by every people throughout the world since before.

M brothers and sisters! At the end of my speech, ! will %uote a wise e(pression" &E'()*S+ ,*)) MAKE E-E.Y/0DY S1.-*-E A'D (0 A'Y,+E.E2. This e(pression reminds us how importance of )nglish for human life is. As global or universal language, )nglish is not only enables us to communicate and interact with every people throughout the world, but also it could alter our life to be better. *urthermore, we also must be aware that the western countries play e(tra ordinary role in developing and 'eeping science and technology. Thus, if we want to be a s'ilful scientists, linguists, and be able to compete with the other countries in the world, we must understand, master and learn the language they use, namely )nglish. Ladies and Gentlemen, ! thin' it,s completely enough for me to this point. The wrong utterances are caused by limitation of my ability and the right one is merely from Allah SWT. So, ! beg your pardon, finally ! say,,, Wassalamualaikum Warohmatullohi Wabarokatuh...