English speech contest at STKIP PGRI SUMBAR under the title "The Power Of English As A Lingua Franca"

1. Assalamulaikum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh
“The Power Of English As A Lingua Franca”
Nama : ANGGI RAMADAN
Jurusan / Fakultas : Teknik Informatika S1 / Teknologi Industri
PTN / PTS Asal : INSTITUT TEKNOLOGI PADANG
Your Excellencies the committee
The yourhainest respectable of jury,
Dear my friends who participates in this speech contest,And my loving brothers and
sistersIn the name of Allah, the Beneficent and the Merciful.
All praises be to Allah SWT, the lord of the world, the master of the day after, the creator
of everything in this Universe, where he has no partner. He has also given us such deeply
enjoyable, particularly faith and healthy comfort, hence, we could attend here in a good situation.
Peace and Salutation be upon our prophet Muhammad SAW, who has taught us the
cardinal principles of the unity of God, obliged us to confess it with the tongue and believe it in
the heart. He also has brought us from the darkness to the brightness, from stupidity to
cleverness, in the other word “Minazzhulumaati Ilannuur”
Ladies and gentlemen,
Before I am going to deliver the main point of my speech, I thank to the STKIP PGRI
SUMBAR, particularly to the committee of this- program who has invited our Institution to
participate in this contest.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Language plays an important role in human life. One tries to acquire, learn and use
language as a means of communication, and simultaneously as social symbol of humanity. By
using language someone could make statements, convey facts and knowledge, explain or report

2. something, and keep social relations among the language users. These indicate that by means of
language, people can express their ideas, feeling, information etc through communication.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
As one of language in the world, English is considered and applied as international
language. Since then, it is very popular and have been spoken and learnt by almost people in the
world. There are some reasons why English is important and many people attempt to learn it.
Some of them are: for finding job, traveling, interacting one each other, doing business, taking
examination, doing research, writing in the foreign language, and else.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
In such developing country like Indonesia, English has a vital role in all aspects of life,
particularly in science and technology. Furthermore, it can be used for developing relationships
in the international forum, for reading English book (especially for students from primary school
up to colleges/university), to tighten the relationship among nations in the world. As students, we
learn English are intended to obtain various knowledge, to comprehend and understand the
textbooks learned in English, to gain knowledge and skills, and to be ready enter to the
International world.
At the end of my speech, I will quote a wise expression: “ENGLISH WILL MAKE
EVERYBODY SURVIVE AND GO ANYWHERE”. This expression reminds us how
importance of English for human life is. As global or universal language, English is not only
enables us to communicate and interact with every people throughout the world, but also it could
alter our life to be better. Furthermore, we also must be aware that the western countries play
extra ordinary role in developing and keeping science and technology. Thus, if we want to be a
skilful scientists, linguists, and be able to compete with the other countries in the world, we must
understand, master and learn the language they use, namely English.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Before ending this speech, let me conclude the essential points of my speech:
 English is highly necessary to be learned and mastered by everyone, in order to be able to
compete in the globalization era;
 English is a key to open and master science and technology, because most of scientists
write their experts and inventions in English.

3.  Whats happening if we dont learn English? We will be left by the era, and we will be
conservative {nggak gaul} like a frog in the piece of coconut shell.
 By mastering English enables us to become survive and go anywhere throughout the
world;
Goethe (a Greek philosopher) have ever said:
“Knowing is not enough, we must apply. Willing is not enough, we must do” and
remember:”
Remember: Language indicates Nation. And Don’t Forget “English is a bridge for the
future”
Ladies and Gentlemen,
I think it’s completely enough for me to this point. The wrong utterances are caused by
limitation of my ability and the right one is merely from Allah SWT. So, I beg your pardon,
finally I say.
Wassalamu’alaikum Warohmatullohi Wabarokatuh