I fully agree with you but nowdays people are speaking more and more languages. English is just became the universal language. If you want to stand out, you have to master several foreign languages.

...and the competition is high! o_o

presentation of yourself is half of the whole thing

Nowadays, it is very crucial (or critical or very important) to be fluent in (both) spoken and written English for unless you have these (skills), no company will offer you a good job.