Why I like to learn English

With the globe becoming a village, the proliferation of English seems to be a trend. For my speaking, there are several reasons why I like to learn English.
To begin with, English as a global lingua franca makes for cross-cultural communication. For instance, today eight in every ten international conferences designate English as their chief working language; and ninety-eight percent leading scientific journals in the world are published in English or have an English version. Further, the extensive use of a common language has a unifying effect on people who do not speak the same mother tongue. Common sense informs us that language barriers naturally engender a measure of distrust or alienation while a shared language makes for a sense of belonging and sympathy. Lastly, the expansion of English also enables people like me whose mother tongue is not English to appreciate the English-speaking cultures are among the richest and most dynamic cultures in the world. I have a dream that I can read the English literature in the original language, can comprehend Hollywood blockbusters without having to read the subtitles and do not have to rely exclusively on body language or speaking Chinese while taking to local people.