English is not only easy to learn, but also difficult to master. most of all international people might be agree with this sentence.
Nowaday, english is the most of part of our lives. Without english , we cannot hang out these day. All over the world, we can easy to find english anywhere. English is the international language of diplomacy, business, science, technology, banking, computing, medicine, engineering, tourism, Hollywood films and arguably the best pop and rock music in the world. For instance, the music of such stars as Elvis Presley, The Beatles, and Madonna has encouraged fans to speak the language of their idols.
For these reason, many of country have been taught english since they are child.
For example in Korea, from kindergarten to college, it is mandatory to learn english. So we have class of english and exam of english. to get a job , every department required the english degree. That is , good at english means you will be succeed.
Because of we have been taught since we are kindergarten, it is easy to learn english. But it is still difficult because of some reasons. English is unique among the world's languages in that there are a number of things within the language that have no real purpose. For instance, it is commonplace for a word like gnome or knife to have a letter at the front that is not pronounced. Another reason is that English has many homonymy.
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