Assalamu’alaikum warahmatullaahi wabarakaatuh

Bismillaahirrahmaanirrahiim

You’re Excellencies the committees

The honorable juries

Dear my friends who participate in this speech contest

My loving brothers and sisters

First of all, let’s thank Allah the almighty for he has been giving us mercy and blessing until we can
attend this meeting without any obstacles in this happy place and time.

Secondly, may shalawat and salam be with our holy prophet Muhammad Saw who has guided us
from the darkness to the lightness in this world as well as in the next world. Because only of his
effort we can enjoy the education at this time.

And I’ll never forget to thank Mr. Chairman who has given me opportunity to deliver my speech in
front of this public.

Standing in front of you all, I would like to present my speech under the title “THE IMPORTANT OF
ADDING ENGLISH IN EDUCATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF OUR COUNTRY”

Ladies and gentlemen

Education is one of many important things to help fastening economy and technology development
in our country. Science is the key of the advancement of all countries all the world. Because before
technology appeared, knowledge was the first thing that’s appearing a lot of ideas, until the
technology was created. And along with the development of science, technology even continuously
develops until we can find the technology that we use at this time.

Science is the key of the advancement of a country. Then a question appears,”HOW TO GET
KNOWLEDGE?”. The answer is only by Education. Education is a tool to get knowledge. Because no
matter how great you are, you will not be able to get knowledge without EDUCATION!

If we talk about education, we will also realize about how important the language is in study and
learning process. Without mastering language, it’s impossible for us to do the process of education
well. The ability to state opinion, to understand the words and to response the other’s opinion are
some examples of understanding language. All of them are included as study and learning process in
education.

So is learning foreign language important for the sake of the advancement of education in
Indonesia?

Absolutely. Mastering foreign language is very important for the quality of education in Indonesia,
especially English. Because English is an International language which is learned and used in almost
all of the countries in the world. Because of that, there would be many problems appear when a
country doesn’t include English as one of the lessons in study and learning process. That’s why
English is learned from Elementary School up to University.

The education in Indonesia or the other countries in the world is also much related to the
importance of the book. If we treat the education like a gun, then the book would be the missile.
Where a gun wouldn’t be useful without the missile, and on the contrary, the missile wouldn’t also
be useful without the gun. That’s what the education and the book look like.

Ladies and gentlemen

There are so many books whose language English that have not been translated into Indonesian.
These are the books from the scientists who wrote their expert and invention only in English. If we
use only the book whose language is Indonesia in education process, we will lack of knowledge
because everything that we get is only from Indonesian book. Means that we must learn English to
maximize our knowledge for the sake of the development of our education.

If only English was not learned in Indonesia, it’s impossible that Indonesian people could speak
English. As a consequence, our country would have decrease and would be the matter of other
countries’ discussion. In fact, it’s indeed that English must be said important. For example if we work
in a hotel, a bank, a harbor, an airplane and the others, we need to master English to communicate
with the guests. Further more, if our president and his translator couldn’t speak English, our Country
wouldn’t ever join the meeting among the countries the entire world, because the language that
they use is English.

Seeing such bad examples, thinking about the cause, it must be because of education. In the other
words, shortly, the education in Indonesia and all countries over the world will not be called has
good quality if there is no English subject on the lesson list. Once again, it’s because of English is an
International language which is very important for the development of our country.

Remembering how important English is, there have been many ways that have been made to make
us able to learn it faster, whether it’s formal like a school or non formal like course or autodidact.
Even there are so many education places that make something like games to make students
interested and understand English faster. Some competitions are often also held for the sake of
increasing the ability of students in English, like English debate, English speech, etc. All of these ways
are only for the quality of the education of our country.

Ladies and gentlemen

Before ending this speech, let me conclude the essential points of my speech:

1. Knowledge is the key of the development of a country

2. Without education we wouldn’t get knowledge

3. The education in Indonesia wouldn’t be said has a good quality without English on the schedule.

Finally I hope all of my explanations have made us understand that English as an International
language is very important for the development of our education.
And that’s all I can say, I apologize for my mistakes if any. Thank you very much for your attention,
see you next time and may Allah the almighty bless us eternally, amiin.

And remember “knowing is nothing, we must apply. Willing is nothing, we must do”

Wassalamu’alaikum warahmatullaahi wabarakaatuh