Good morning to the Principal, members of the School Alumni, teachers, parents and all ex students, it is an honor to speak to all of you today and I’m here today to present a paper titled ‘The Benefits of Speaking Effectively in English’. Why do we need to speak English effectively? The importance of English is increasing day by day. It is because English has become an international business and professional language. Yes, it is true whether you are a professional or a business man, your success might revolve around the English language. The better you speak English, the better are chances for you to grow. As we studying and learning English in school, college or university, we actually joined the approximately one billion other people around the world who are engaged in the same pursuit. However as you may wonder why we are learning English in the first place. Especially when it is not even our mother tongue to begin with. What is English by the way? But first, let’s go for a bit of history.
English, according to Wikipedia, is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria. Following the economic, political, military, scientific, cultural, and colonial influence of Great Britain and the United Kingdom from the 18th century, via the British Empire, and of the United States since the mid-20th century, it has been widely dispersed around the world, become the leading language of international discourse, and has acquired use as lingua franca in many regions. It is widely learned as a second language and used as an official language of the European Union and many Commonwealth countries, as well as in many world organizations. It is the third most natively spoken language in the world, after Mandarin Chinese and Spanish. Modern English, sometimes described as the first