"when you know English you will talk with a lot of people in the world. Especially, you can go traveling around the world but no need any guide." As an English speaker, I have to say that is not true, I have often needed guides when I traveled and it is arrogant for me to expect other people to speak English when English is not the language of the country. In fact I do not expect it. A lot of communication is also physically conveyed through body language and tone of voice, rather than just words.
"And when you work if you can speak, write english fluently you will be paid a lot of money! So, I want to make friends with you to improve my ability in English. And we can share many good things and even some bad things with each other!" The real advantage is that you are bilingual. Your language skills or lack thereof are translated from your native language. I used to think that adding Spanish to my repertoire would increase my marketability but more recently I have decided that my technical knowledge cannot transcend the cultural barrier as easily. Languages demonstrate the way we think, so for those who do manage to become multilingual the skill is that they are able to evolve the way they think.
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