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The Importance of Foreign Language Study



The importance of foreign language study is best realized by studying one. There are many reasons why one should learn a foreign language.

Firstly, learning a language of another country helps you to understand its culture. Italian film director Federico Fellini says, "A different language is a different vision of life". A multilingual person can act as a bridge between two distinct cultures and actually promote world peace. Global understanding coupled with globalization can effectively bring the world closer.

Research has shown that having studied a foreign language one can understand one's own language better. It deepens the understanding of one's own culture. General language skills improve after studying foreign languages thus enhancing the understanding of one's own language as well. Language study involves other learning skills. So foreign language study can raiseyour abilities to function in other spheres of life.

You may travel to different countries for purposesof touring or studying. When in another country you can communicate with the people there, your life becomes easier.

After all, language is a medium of communication. Languages can become links joining dissimilarcultures. Knowing manylanguages, improves yourcognitive skills and interpretive abilities.

Task 1. Answer the questions.

1) Why is foreign language study important?

2) What has research in studying a foreign language shown?

3) Does learning a language of another country help one to understand its culture?

4) A different language is a different vision of life, isn`t it?

5) Is language a medium of communication?

Task 2.Give Russian equivalents:

foreign language, reason, understand, culture, vision, multilingual person, distinct cultures, promote, globalization, research, language skills, improve enhancing the understanding, raise one's abilities, eligible, admission, a medium of communication, a means of expression, dissimilar cultures.

Task 3.Complete the sentences with words from task 2.

Task 4.False or true?Correct, if it is necessary.

1) There aren`t any reasons why one should learn a foreign language.

2) Learning a language of another country helps one understand its culture.

3) A multilingual person can act as a bridge between two distinct cultures and actually promote world peace.

4) Research has not shown that having studied a foreign language one can understand one's own language better.

5) Foreign language study can raise one's abilities to function in other spheres of life.

6) When in another country you can communicate with the people there, your life becomes easier.

Task 5.Complete the sentences.

1) The importance of foreign … study is best realized by studying one.

2) There are many … why one should learn a foreign language.

3) Learning a language of another country helps one … its culture.

4) A different language is a different … of life.

5) A multilingual person can act as a … between two distinct cultures.

6) Research has shown that having studied a foreign language one can understand one's own … better.

7) Foreign language study can raise one's … to function in other spheres of life.

8) When in another country, if one can … with the people there, life becomes easier.

Task 7.Dialogue «The Importance of Foreign Language Study».

WE STUDY FOREIGN LANGUAGES

Vocabulary

foreignlanguage efficient means exchange

soundby heart conversational

to put them into practice improve

to revise spelling exception

rulepreposition remember

scienceoutlook develop

understandeffort educational

 

Learning a foreignlanguage is a long and slow process that takes a lot of time and efforts. Students should learn foreign languages because they are very important today. Foreign languages are efficient means of information exchange.

Pupils began studying English in the second form of the primary school. They start with the ABC, transcription and sounds. From lesson to lesson the pupils improve their knowledge. They learn new words, conversational phrases and dialogues by heart. Then they put them into practice of speaking. Pupils read and translate easy texts, do grammar exercises, write dictations. They answer teacher’s questions and speak different topics.

Pupils listen to different educational programs and watch English films on TV. They also learn grammatical structures and often revise them. One can’t speak English well if one don’t know grammar rules.

One should say that English is not easy language to learn. There is a big problem of spelling, of the large number of exceptions to any rule. Prepositions are difficult to remember.

Today to know English is absolutely necessary for every educated man, for every good specialist. It makes the outlookwider. It helps to develop friendship and understanding between people from different countries.

 




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