"Outpouring our Hearts and Minds through Literacy and English Proficiency"

READ IS TO LEAD

"Our language is the reflection of ourselves. A language is an exact reflection of the character and growth of its speakers."

Cesar Chavez

     Humanity's highly developed ability to communicate verbally is our essence. Without our tremendous vocabulary, we'd perhaps be not much better off than gorillas and monkeys. Language is taken for granted since it is a basic characteristic. But, it is, for all its universality, among the most powerful of human tools. language informs, persuades, queries, expresses emotions, allows transmission of complex ideas and data, and its usage is often artful, whether prosaic or in verse. For me, we known Language from the time we enter in school.

     In our present society, English used widely. It has become the most popular language of communication between countries and in many fields of human endeavor. So it is important that we learn to use our International Language English. As the National Readers Month celebration theme "Outpouring our Hearts and Minds through Literacy and English Proficiency" it says that we should give our best to achieve Literacy which means, allowing us to express our thoughts and to make sense. it is an essential aspect of our everyday lives, the ability to read and write and Proficiency means the state of expertness. In short to be such a clever person through the language English.

     The only effective way of improving our English language is to use it as often as possible. In school, the only time when English is used is during English lessons. That certainly is not enough. So wherever possible we should use it with friends and teachers who will or can speak with us. Reading books, magazines and newspapers are good ways of improving our language speaking. On the whole they are grammatically correct. we may speak incorrect English and get away with it. Not so with printed words, they have to be correct, Through reading, we learn how to use correct English in writing and speaking, though at times we speak the broken one that many of us do. Watching television and listening to the radio are two more ways improving our speaking. English as it is spoken by English, Americans, Malaysians, and others are distinctly different. So we just continue to use it, that is hear, read, speak and write. Some of us only hear and read it but I will not be like those. I will try, pour my best to love and achieve fluency in English Language.