English is not only important but urgent…

Imagine someday when you are abroad (in the U.S. for example) you are alone lost in New York, like Kevin in ‘Home Alone’ and you want to ‘pee’ but  you do not speak English, What do you say to someone around you? “Mister, tolong saya mau pipis…”, “Miss, saya lost mau balik to hotel tapi tidak tau arah can you help?” Or maybe you just point your finger to your trousers in front of a cop and you say “I mau pipis, thur…thur…thur es..es..es..es.. can you help me where ?

You buy a new gadget, for example a sophisticated camera or a smart-phone and the manual book is in English or any other language but Indonesian what do you do? Ask your english teacher to help (opo ora isin…)

You study at a Uni where most of the subjects are delivered in English, what do you do to understand the lectures, looking for a translator…?(ya ora sémban lah… mudeng apa ora…)

Why so many people say that Indonesia is left behind by Malaysia, Singapore, Phillipine, India and some other countries in Technology, Education and etc etc…

For student who joined OSN (Olimpiade Sains Nasional), they knew that more than 50% of the material is written in English. It means that they have to be more serious with English subject at school, right?

English is an instrument of international communication, facilitator of transfer of technology, a mean to learn and study the culture of foreign countries. English is very very important for the advancement of a country. English is spoken by more than half of the population of the world. It is a ‘lingua franca’, we have to master it. It is very important and urgent.

I think those are only some of reasons for us to motivate ourself to study English… find more yourself……