We Need One More Official Language.

It is essential to speak second language in today’s global economy. Among languages, English is the most common and powerful language. However, many Koreans are not good at speaking English and they are afraid of talking with foreigners. So, we should add English as an official language. This is because we can save money to spend for private English education and English is important and, save time.

If we have English as an additional official language, we can save money that we spend to study English and take English test like TOEIC or TOEFL. Korean parents usually use $300 a month to give their children an advantage in the exam. After they pass the exam, people go to an English conversation school to learn and practice how to speak English fluently and naturally. Also, taking English test like TOEFL cost $180 for one time. Most of Koreans who prepare TOEIC test to get a job or prove their English, take TOEIC test more than one times. Some of them take that test once a month to get their goal score. So if we add English as an official language, our citizen can reduce money stress from spending English education fee.

While, using two different languages officially can be time consuming, in the future Korean can save time to spend study English. When I was high school student, I spend 5hours to read English article and memorize vocabulary. It is not only my story. Most of my friend who is going to go to a university spends a lot of time to English education. When we are in university, we should make an effort to memorize vocabulary which is time-consuming. Even thought using two languages in official announcement can be inconvenient and inefficient, Korean can spend less time to study English.

 English is important language in the global lifestyle so we should have English as an official language. Even though there are many applications that help translation for non English speakers, ability to speak English is essential. When we travel around, global language is English. We cannot use a translation application whenever we need to use English. Also, if we can speak English, we can get a better job. Most of companies on the abroad want a person who can speak English well. So, adding English as an additional official language is not optional anymore.

Thus, we have to add English as an official language because it will save our citizens’ money and time and, English is essential language in global life.  In the future, our next generation will speak two languages even when they are in elementary school.