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ENGLISH IN MY LIFE
The British , defeated Bonaparte at the battle of Waterloo and peace settled across Europe after many years of war, the defeat of France saw the rise of Britain upon the world stage and the beginnings of the wholesale export of the English language across the globe , in the last century Britain an America again defeated tyranny in Europe the English language has evolved through popular culture , movies , music , sport , business and especially with the shrinking of the world through use of the internet to become what it is now a truly international language.
Here in Estonia with our history of domination by foreign powers the last being the former soviet union an having our own language suppressed an languages imposed on us , it is a relief to see the importance of the English language an people have embraced it as a second language of Estonian people, it is the language that everybody feels a need an indeed a desire learn. As being able to speak English allows Estonians the chance to go away and benefit from the higher salarys available in the the English speaking nations such as America, Canada, England Ireland and Austrailia, although of course economic migration is not exclusive to the states that speak only English an understanding of English is a key to unlocking the benefits of travel not to mention the economic benefits to Estonia with much of the money earned abroad being sent back to supplement family incomes here at home.
I began to learn the language at third grade and in the beginning I did not really see it had any relevance to me , however as I became exposed to more an more ‘english’ through music I heard or movies I saw my own knowledge of English increased really through exposure to it , a movie made much more sense and my enjoyment of a movie was increased by actually understanding the dialogue spoken by the actors rather than reading it via the subtitles. The explosion of the internet an the easy access to the world wide web increased my usage of English an I began to appreciate the benefits in my own life. I was able to obtain my first job as a waitress because of my ability to speak English. I use English everyday of my life an I can not imagine life without it it would not be an understatement to say that my knowledge of English and my ability to communicate in that language has changed my life and raised my expectations for what I hope to achieve.