Learning English at school is often seen as more important than learning local languages. If these are not taught, many are at risk of dying out. In your opinion, is it important for everyone to learn English? Should we try to ensure the survival of local languages and, if so, how? You should give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own experience or knowledge to support your response.

Many believe that studying

English

in school is more relevant than studying other

languages

. Not teaching local

languages

could make them disappear for good. In my opinion, I consider that learning

English

is very important and it should be taught since first grade,

along with

the local

language

since it is the native

language

of students, representing where they come from.

English

is an extremely common

language

being taught in almost every school in every country in the world. Some might say that it is a universal

language

since everybody knows at least some of the basics. Given the fact that it is a well-known

language

, it is

also

spoken in first-world countries

such

as The United States, United Kingdom, and Australia, among others, so having the opportunity to learn it and speak fluently will surely open a lot of doors in terms of work-related matters,

as well as

education in lots of fields

such

as medicine, engineering, laws, marketing, etc. People who have a different

language

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their mother tongue usually tend to work hard, study

English

and immigrate to

English

-speaking countries to get a better life in different aspects.

For example

, CNN recently published an article about the rates of emigration from Latin American people to the US going from 35% in 2010 to 55% in the year 2022, regardless of their occupation. In spite of all of

this

, I strongly believe that local

languages

should

also

be taught in schools since they represent where someone is from, their roots, culture, race and, of course, it is their means of communication.

For instance

, here in Ecuador, the native

language

is Spanish, but there are some areas where the

language

spoken is Quichua, which represents the culture of indigenous natives. In order to do that, the government of the country could make changes in the Public Education Ministry and encourage educators to set campaigns and dynamic activities that promote the importance and value of learning local

languages

,

as well as

create laws that establish teaching schedules with the same amount of hours for both

English

and local

language

. In conclusion,

English

is surely a very important

language

to learn,

however

,

this

does not mean that local

languages

should be left out of the education program of teaching centres. Implementing campaigns and dynamic activities will help maintain them. It is equally important to teach pupils both