Learning foreigner language.
More and more people realize that every
educated person should know a foreigner language. The most popular language now
is English. English is a world language. It’s the language of progressive
science and technology, trade and cultural relation, commerce and business.
It’s the universal language of international aviation, shipping and sports. It
is also the major language of diplomacy. Hundreds and hundreds of books,
magazines and newspapers are printed in English and real all over the world.
75% of the world’s mail and 60% of the world’s telephone calls are in English.
Half of the world’s scientific literature is written in English too. English is
spoken by more than 350 million people . It is the official language of the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland of the United States of
America, of Australia and New Zealand. English is used as one of the official
languages in Canada, the Republic of South Africa and the Irish Republic. It’s
also spoken as a second language speakers in many parts of Asia and Africa. The
number of second language speakers may soon exceed the number of native
speakers. In Russia English is very popular : it is studied at schools,
colleges, universities, and sometimes even at nurse schools. There are also other languages that are
popular in the world. For example Chinese, the first language in the number of
people who speak it, is used by over 1000 million people, it means that out one
of every five people in whole world speaks Chinese. Another popular language is
Arabic, which is the official language of several Asia’s countries ( Iran,
Iraq, Syria, United Arab Emirates and others). Learning a foreign language is
not an easy thing. It is a long and slow process that takes a lot of time and
patience. But to know languages today is absolutely necessary for everyone. I
want to know foreign language because I have always been interested in foreign
countries and their cultures. You know I think that who doesn’t know a foreign
language , doesn’t know his own language.
Learning
languages.
The problem of learning languages is very
important today. Foreign languages are socially demanded especially at the
present time when the progress in science and technology has led to an
explosion of knowledge and has contributed to an overflow of information. The
total knowledge of mankind is known to double every seven years. Foreign
languages are needed as the main and most efficient means of information
exchange of the people of our planet.
Today English is the language of the
world. Over 350 million people speak it as a mother tongue. The native speakers
of English live in Great Britain, the United States of America, Australia and
New Zealand. English is one of the official languages in the Irish Republic,
Canada, the South African Republic. As a second language it is used in the
former British and US colonies.
It is the major international language
for communication in such areas as science, technology, business and mass
entertainment. English is one of the official languages of the United Nations
Organization and other political organization. It is the language of the
literature, education, modern music, international tourism.
Russia is integrating into the world
community and the problem of learning English for the purpose of communication
is espicially urgent today. Learning a foreing language is not as easy thing.
It is a long and slow process that takes a lot of time and patience. But to
know English is absolutely necessary for every educated person, for every good specialist.
It is well known that reading books in
the original , listening to the BBC news, communicating with the English
speaking people will help a lot. When learning a foreign language you learn the
culture and history of the native speakers. One must work hard to learn any
foreign language.
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