English is a West Germanic language spoken originally in England, and is now the most widely used language in the

world.[4] It is spoken as a first language by a majority of the inhabitants of several nations, including the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada,Australia, Ireland and New Zealand. It is the third most commonly spoken language in the world in terms of native speakers, afterMandarin Chinese and Spanish.[5] But it is more commonly used as a second language than any other, which is why its total number of speakers native plus non-native exceeds those of any other language. English is an official language of the European Union and manyCommonwealth countries, as well as in many world organisations. Historically, English originated from the fusion of closely related dialects, now collectively termed Old English, which were brought to the eastern coast of Great Britain by Germanic (Anglo-Saxon) settlers by the 5th century with the word English being derived from the name of the Angles, and ultimately from their ancestral region of Angeln (in what is now Schleswig-Holstein).[12] A significant number of English words are constructed based on roots from Latin, because Latin in some form was the lingua franca of the Christian Church and of European intellectual life.[13] The language was further influenced by the Old Norse language due to Viking invasions in the 8th and 9th centuries. WHY ENGLISH ? Why English ? People always ask , why ENGLISH ? Why do we have to learn English ? Why do many people know how to speak in English ? One of the main reasons is :English is an important language . English is frequently used in many country . Sometimes , if you go to a country and you dont know how to speak their local language , you can communicate in English. We Malaysians mostly speak English with a bit of Malay. Its called Malaysian English. GET ACCESS TO KNOWLEDGE What are you interested in? Is it science? Music? Computers? Health? Business? Sports? Todays media such as the Internet, television, and the press give you almost unlimited access to knowledge about your favorite subjects. After all, we live in the information age, dont we? Theres only one problem. Most of this knowledge is in English. Now,that is why you need to learn English. And,if you want a good jod in business,technology, or science, GET OUT OF THAT AMRCHAIR AND START LEARNING ENGLISH !