BLOG#2.2

Fluency with the

ENGLISH LANGUAGE

 vs.

Mastery of your Mother Tongue

Language is defined as the human capacity for acquiring and using complex systems of communication, and a language is any example of such a system of complex communication. The scientific study of language in any of its senses is called linguistic.  There are lots of different languages in the world.  Among these languages, English language is the most commonly use and the basis of communication but here in our country, there are some issues with regards to the use of our own language and the use of this foreign language.

We all known that using our own language shows the love for our country like what Dr. Jose Rizal said in his quote: “Ang hindi magamahal sa sariling wika ay daig pa ang bulok at malansang isda”. Using our mother tongue helps us to communicate with our fellow Flipino people. This language signifies our country and our nationality. It is the language that was used by our brave heroes and the language where our country started.

English is the so called “Universal Language”. It is the language that we use to communicate with other people not just here in our country but off course in the other countries. This helps in finding a job in a higher level and in other countries but it also has an advantage for those people who can’t totally speak in English because nowadays, English is the basis of knowledge of a person.

As for my opinion it is really important to be fluent with the English language because communication with other country are always done these days. English will be a good help for all of the Filipinos who wants to have a better future . I’m not actually saying that we should not use our own language it is just we are already used with it and if are only going to learn a single language, it will not lead us into the modern world of communication. Everything changes and these changes says that in this modern world, we should not think that using other language shows a despite  in our own country.