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Title : The importance of English in Facing ASEAN Economic Community.


Opening

Assalamualaikum Wr Wb
Honorable Mr/ Mrs
Excellency Mr/Mrs
Ladies and Gentlemen dear brothers and sisters
Firstly, let’s thank unto Allah SWT who has been giving us some mercies and blessing, until we can attend in this happy place without any troubles and obstacles.
Secondly, I wanna say thank u very much to the master / mistress of ceremony for having given me time to speech in front of audience.
Ladies and gentlemen, in this good occasion I would like to give my speech under the title “ The Importance of English in facing ASEAN Economic Community.

Content 

ASEAN (Association of South East Asian Nations) was established since 51 years ago in Bangkok and Indonesia is one of the five founder countries at that time. And now it’s evolved into an influential regional community that has 10 members. ASEAN is the gateway to get to the global economy where industrial and business activities in the ASEAN region. ASEAN Economic Community has been seen as a way to promote economic, political, social and cultural cooperation across the region. The members of ASEAN have their own different official languages; for example, the official language of Thailand is Thai; Myanmar is Burmese; Vietnam is Vietnamese; and Indonesia is Indonesian language. Hence, ASEAN countries need an official language to be a communicative tool among people in southeast Asia. That’s why English has become increasingly important in ASEAN countries because English has always been the only official and working language of the region.
Indonesia has joined many international organizations in the world such as; ASEAN, APEC, WHO, UNICEF, UNESCO, UN, and so on. It’s not easy to join international organization without mastering English. And English plays a dominant role in both intranational and international communication.
Based on the survey Asia has the largest number of English speakers in the world who use English as second and foreign languages. According to a survey from the English Proficiency Index 2016, in the first place there is Singapore, followed by Malaysia, Phillipines, India, South Korea, Hongkong, Vietnam and Indonesia in eighth place. Indonesia ranked eighth out of 19 countries in Asia. From the survey result, I can sum up that the interest and ability of Indonesian people for mastering English is still lacking when compared to other countries in Asia.

In 2018 Indonesia has successfully held two of the biggest sporting events in Asia, namely Asian Games and Asian Para Games. With the success of these two events, I am sure that Indonesia is able to compete with other countries and also build an extensive network with other countries not only in southeast asia region but also the entire continent of Asia and even to the world.
Being the host country for the second largest sporting event after the Olympic is not an easy thing. Many things must be prepared especially from the ability of Indonesian human resources of mastering English. By hosting two major events like this, Indonesia can also take many advantages from various sectors start from tourism, economy, education and so on. This is the true role of English for the advancement of Indonesia.

Conclusion

Ladies and Gentlemen, English has an important role for all countries to compete in global trade in the world.  Joseph Stiglitz has said that, there is no single country is able to avoid themselves from globalization. So, everybody must be able to master not only theory but also skill professionally. Mastering English does not mean forgetting or discriminate against Indonesian language, but in this case we have to make English as a medium to introduce Indonesian to ASEAN countries and to the world. we are as a young generation and as a students. Let’s study English start now and let’s prove to the world that we are able compete with other people and other countries in this globalization era. Let’s contribute and do the best what we can do for our beloved country now and forever.

Closing

Ladies and gentlemen, that’s all my speech, thank you very much for your kindly nice attention, forgive me if there any mistake that came out from my mouth intentionally or unintentionally and the last I say Wassalamualaikum Wr Wb.
Notes:  Pronounce ASEAN is ˈas-,ˈäsēˌän


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