People understand the importance of learning different languages. They are ready to dedicate their time and energy to learn new languages. When people learn more and more languages, they will start learning more about the world as well. There are some languages which are learned by people all over the world in large numbers. English is one among them. Though it is not known by people around the globe, its importance in life has made people think of learning the language.

Arnold Schwarzenegger is a world famous Hollywood actor. He is well known as a body builder. He has exhibited his skill in acting and even in his political life. He is accepted around the world as a talented governor. He has a history where he tried hard to learn English. This is history, but it has a great importance in the life of Arnold.
Arnold is an immigrant who moved to United States in 1968. At that time, he was not well versed in English. In fact he knew little English. When he came to United States, his English was too bad and his accent was not attractive. This became an obstacle for him when he landed to the world of Cinema. He had to suffer a lot due to his bad English and he could not continue acting smoothly.

In the early days of his acting career, people even laughed at the way he spoke in film sets. They complained him that his accent was funny. Producers were afraid that Arnold's accent would not be understood by audience. So they dubbed his lines after production. All these were the struggles he had to undergo in the earlier stages of his acting career just because of his bad English.  These struggles can well declare how Arnold Schwarzenegger learned English. It might be these struggles that made him feel it is important to learn English. In 1969, he met an English teacher Barbara Outland Becker. He continued his life with her until 1974. Though it is not mentioned, it might be this interaction that had helped him to learn English better. He underwent proper learning and teaching to develop his language on his own. A dedicated mind in learning English had helped him a great deal.

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From his new announcement to immigrants, we can understand that he watched English channels and programs to learn English. He had stopped watching programs in his native language. Now he hardly uses any other language than English. He can speak and handle English well. He has realized the importance of English. He asks the immigrants of America to start speaking English only. He asks them to avoid using any language other than English. He had asked them to stop watching Spanish channels as well. It is this realization that helped him to learn English better. Now he is well known as an actor and he is able to dub his own voice. He is asking other immigrants to start learning English since he knows the importance of learning the language. Online dictionaries can also help in language aquisition.