DOI: 10.36347/sjahss.2018.v06i06.012

Pages: 1262-1266

English is used as a lingua franca for global communication. As an independent nation we have to maintain our political, commercial and cultural relation with the rest of the world through English. As a developing country, we have to deal with many international agencies, organizations like the World Bank, United Nations, Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund (UNCEF), Asian Development Bank (ADB) and so on. English is the language of information technology that has, in fact, made the whole world a global village. We can now communicate with people thousands of kilometers away in a split second, using such electronic media as the telephone, fax and e-mail. But if we do not know how to use English for the purpose, we will be just cut off from the global information network and condemned to live in isolation. English is the language of the international labor market. English for occupational/professional purposes can help us find good jobs in other countries. The aim of this article is to attempt how English gives us easy access to the ever-expanding knowledge of science and technology, arts and education, innovations and discoveries.