IMPORTANCE OF ENGLİSH:

In today’s global world, the importance of English can not be denied and ignored since English is the
most common language spoken everwhere. With the help of developing technology, English has been
playing a major role in many sectors including medicine, engineering, and education, which, in my
opinion, is the most important arena where English is needed. Particularly, as a developing country,
Turkey needs to make use of this world-wide spoken language in order to prove its international power.
This can merely be based on the efficiency of tertiary education. Consequently, English should be the
medium of instruction at universities in Turkey for the following three reasons: finding a high-quality
job, communicating with the international world, and accessing scientific sources in the student’s major
field.

The first reason for why English should be the medium of instruction at universities in Turkey is that it
helps students find a high quality jobs for students to find. In business life, the most important common
language is obviously English. In addition to this, especially, high-quality jobs need good understanding
ability and speaking in English. Therefore, companies can easily open out to other countries, and these
companies generally employ graduates whose English is fluent and orderly. For example, the student
who is graduated from a university which takes English as a major language will find a better or high-
quality job than other students who don’t know English adequately. In other words, the student who
knows English is able to be more efficient in his job because he can use the information from foreign
sources and web sites. He can prepare his assigments and tasks with the help of these information.
Therefore, undoubtedly, his managers would like his effort or prepared projects. In addition, many high-
quality jobs are related with international communication and world-wide data sharing. University
graduates who are in a international company and business are needed to communicate with foreign
workers. For instance, if their managers want them to share the company’s data, they are expected to
know English. Moreover, they will even have to go business trip for their company. Absolutely, all of
these depend on speaking English;as a result, new graduates have to know English in order to get a high-
quality job, and the others, who don’t know English, may have lack of communication and be paid less
money.

The second and the most important reason, for English to be the medium of instruction in the Turkish
higher education system is that it enables students to communicate with the international world. In
these days, in my opinion, the most important thing for both university students and graduates is to
follow the development in tecnology. For this reason, they have to learn common language. Certainly,
they should not lose their interest on communicating with the world. However, some of the university
students can’t obtain English education in their university. Unfortunately, these people may lose their
communication with worldwide subjects and topics. In short, they will not communicate foreign people.
To prevent these people from lacking of speaking English, universities’ administration will provide
English education to them. In addition, university students can use some specific hardware and software
of computers with their English to communicate others. For example, the Internet, which, in my opinion,
is the largest source in the world, based on English knowledge and information. Also, most of the
softwares such as “Windows”, “Microsoft Office”, “Internet Explorer” are firstly written in English, and
these programs are the basic vital things for communication over computer. That is to say, even in a
little resarch about something, they need these programs and the Internet to find necessary sources and
information.

The last reason for favouring English as the medium of instruction of Turkish universities is that it
faclitates accessing information. All of the students have to do some projects or homeworks which are
related with their field during the university education. In these projects or homeworks, they have to
find some information which is connected with their subject. They find sources from English web sites
and books, but they have to replace these data to their projects. During these process, if they know
English, they will not come across with any difficulty, but if they don’t know, even they may not use
these data. As a result, the student who knows English will be more successful at his/her project. For this
reason, to obstruct possible inequity between students, management of universities should accept
English as a second language in order to provide accessing information to the students. In short,
university students need to know English to access information.

All in all, the education in universities should be done with English for three reasons. First, students who
know English are able to find their favourite job related with their field. Second, they can communicate
with others internationally. Third, as a major language in universities, English makes accessing
information easy for students. In my opinion, internationally, people need one common language. For
many years, English has been the common wold-wide language, and it will be in the future. For this
reason, if you want to follow trends, new gadgets and technology, modernization of the developing
world, you have to know English whatever age you are in.

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1. ‘The best of both worlds’ – means you can enjoy two different opportunities at the same time.

“By working part-time and looking after her kids two days a week she managed to get the best of both worlds.”

2. ‘Speak of the devil’ – this means that the person you’re just talking about actually turns up at that moment.

“Hi Tom, speak of the devil, I was just telling Sara about your new car.”

3. ‘See eye to eye’ – this means agreeing with someone.

“They finally saw eye to eye on the business deal.”

4. ‘Once in a blue moon’ – an event that happens infrequently.

“I only go to the cinema once in a blue moon.”

5. ‘When pigs fly’ – something that will never happen.

“When pigs fly she’ll tidy up her room.”

6. ‘To cost an arm and a leg’– something is very expensive.

“Fuel these days costs and arm and a leg.”

7. ‘A piece of cake’– something is very easy.

“The English test was a piece of cake.”

8. ‘Let the cat out of the bag’ – to accidentally reveal a secret.

“I let the cat out of the bag about their wedding plans.”

9. ‘To feel under the weather’ – to not feel well.

“I’m really feeling under the weather today; I have a terrible cold.”

10. ‘To kill two birds with one stone’ – to solve two problems at once.

“By taking my dad on holiday, I killed two birds with one stone. I got to go away but also spend time with him.”

11. ‘To cut corners’ – to do something badly or cheaply.

“They really cut corners when they built this bathroom; the shower is leaking.”

12. ‘To add insult to injury’ – to make a situation worse.

“To add insult to injury the car drove off without stopping after knocking me off my bike.”

13. ‘You can’t judge a book by its cover’ – to not judge someone or something based solely on appearance.

“I thought this no-brand bread would be horrible; turns out you can’t judge a book by its cover.”

14. ‘Break a leg’ – means ‘good luck’ (often said to actors before they go on stage).

“Break a leg Sam, I’m sure your performance will be great.”

15. ‘To hit the nail on the head’ – to describe exactly what is causing a situation or problem.

“He hit the nail on the head when he said this company needs more HR support.”

Communication is a key skill in any job, from cashiering at a grocery store to running a company. In an English-
speaking country, a solid understanding of the English language is a necessary basic skill. Candidates for any
position in any workforce are judged on their competency with basic skills like simple math, reading, and writing
before they are submitted to more specialized tests, so language comprehension is important to anyone in the
working world.

Communication takes place on a daily basis in all areas of life, so basic language skills are necessary to do
everything from purchase a meal at a restaurant to debate politics with a friend. Texting, emailing and social
media are becoming more and more popular forms of communication, and even with spellcheck programs
proofing written messages, anyone who doesn't have a grasp on English grammar faces the possibility of
miscommunication or judgment. This can present social and professional problems. In addition, roughly 50
percent of the content on the Internet is in English, as well as an overwhelming amount of literature and other
media.
The Importance of English Language has globally accepted. It is the only language which is being taught second language and as an
official language in almost 90 countries. It is not only currently considered the most important language for those who speak it as their first
language but also for them who speak it as a second language. English is essential wh en it comes to finding jobs or career in both government
departments and multinational companies.Every country has their own national languages local languages are spoken and understood by
people in different regions.Some languages are spoken by millions of people, the others by just a few thousand people.
Somebody said: "English is a language that came from nowhere to conquer the world…"
Nowadays, the English language is the most widespread in the world. Approximately 400 million people speak English as a
mother tongue. The English language has become a world language in politics, science, trade and cultural relations. It is
the language of computer technology. Half of the world scientific journals are in English. It is absolutely necessary for a
good specialist in any country to be able at least to read English. If you know English, you can talk to people of any
nationality, and can get necessary information anywhere in the world.
Besides, the English language is the language of the great literature. William Shakespeare, Charles Dickens, Oscar Wilde
and George Bernard Show, they all wrote their books in English. A lot of modern literature and many new films in English
come out every year. If you know English, you can understand them without translation. No wonder that most educated
people speak English fluently.
Geographically, it is the most widespread language on earth, second after Chinese. It is the official language of the UK,
the USA , of Australia and New Zealand, it is used as one of the official languages in Canada, the South Africa. Millions of
people study and use English as a foreign language. In our country English is very popular. It is studied at schools, colleges
and universities.
Learning English is not an easy thing. It is a long process and takes a lot of time and patience. But to know English today
is absolutely necessary for every educated person. I want to know English because it's interesting for me to know foreign
countries, their cultures and tradition. English will be of great use in my future profession connected with computers.