Last night, I was attending a parent-teacher meeting for my daughter, who is enrolled in an English phonics class. One sentence the teacher said made me think for a long time during the meeting: What we need to learn is "practical English." We understand the principles, and being able to speak English is the true measure of proficiency, but actually, my focus isn't on "English" itself, but on "practicality." I suddenly realized that the importance of English lies in its universality.