The world has never been more connected like nowadays, as we might see there are a lot of ways for us to communicate no matter how far we separated. Rapid growth of technology development makes our life easier than before. But in other hand, it’s impossible for us to feed our needs without anyone helps, that’s why we need to build a good rapport with others.
In cross-country relationship, which has their own native languages, to bridge those differences we need international language, which is English. So, because of the importance of English as key factor to build good understanding among nations in the world, mastering English is inevitable.
Firstly, I plan to pursue Master degree overseas in English speaking country. I think it’s not enough for me just holding Bachelor degree to get good job because competition would be very hard and tight, and we need to be specialized in such particular expertise or diverse our skills in others field. Even from now, my lecture notes and text book all written in English, the better I know English the better I understand them. Thus, I believe that mastering English is an important start to succeed in Master degree and seize the bright future.
Secondly, I want to learn about cross-cultural ability in terms of the ability to work effectively and efficiently with people from different countries, cultures and traditions. The world now globalized, somehow shrinking in sense of we’ll have to interact with foreigners more frequent, and consequently to cope that situation we need to understand English well. Apart from that, I genuinely interested in American culture as I used to watch on Hollywood movies. Experiencing eight weeks in United States, will provide me an inside view about American culture and their daily life. In reverse, I can promote Indonesian cultures as well.
Thirdly, I’m very interested in English debate because it will improve my public speaking skill, develop critical thinking, understand such an issues better, and ability to see things from different perspectives. Debate is more than about right or wrong, but it’s about to think logic and sharp. In order to be a good debater, basic requirement is good both oral and written English command. To put it another way, criticism can be brought into classes, so that I can understand course I study far better.
