Education and role of foreign languages

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Education and Role of Foreign Languages

Задорожна О.В.

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Education is very important in our life. An educated person is one who knows a lot about many things. He always tries to learn, find out, discover more about the world around him. He gets knowledge at school, from books, magazines, from TV educational programs. The pupils can get deeper knowledge in different optional courses in different subjects and school offers these opportunities. They can deepen and improve their knowledge by attending different optional courses in different subjects. The result of the educative process is the capacity for Further education. Nowadays the students of secondary schools have opportunities to continue their education by entering, gymnasiums, lyceums, colleges. But the road to learning is not easy. The role of foreign languages is also increasing today. Thanks to the knowledge of foreign languages one can read books, magazines in original, talk to foreigners, translate various technical articles. Moreover, joint ventures which have recently appeared in our country need specialists with profound knowledge of foreign languages like English, German or French. To know foreign languages is absolute necessary for every educated person, for good specialists. Our country is transferring to a market economy. Research and innovations should improve living, working conditions of our people. That is why it is so important to be persistent in students. A language that came from nowhere to conquer the world… The movement of English around the world began with the pioneering voyages to the Americas and Asia, continued with the 19th century colonial developments in Africa and the South Pacific, and took a significant further step when it was adopted in the 20th century as a official or semiofficial language by many independent states. English is now the dominant or official language by independent states. English is now the dominant or official language in over 60 countries, and is represented in every continent and in the three major oceans - Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific. It id this spread of representation which makes the application of the term "world language" a reality. The present-day world status of English is the result of two factors: the expansion of British colonial power, which peaked towards the end of the 19th century, and the emergence of the United States as the leading economic power of the 20th century. There are many different reasons why people study foreign languages, English in particular. Here are some of them:

Ш To travel abroad;

Ш To get good job to have something to do in your spare time;

Ш To be better educated;

Ш To be familiar with social and cultural life in other countries;

Ш To be able to participate in conversations with people from English-speaking countries.

English is the language of international air traffic control, and is currently developing its role in international maritime, policing, and emergency services. English is the chief language of international business and academic conferences, and the leading language of international tourism [2, с.85] English is the main language of popular music, advertising, satellite broadcasting, home computers, and video games. A foreign language is not just a subject learnt in the classrooms. It's something which is used in real life situations.

There are many important reasons for learning a foreign language. Among them are the following:

· Learning a foreign language increases your range of communication. For example, if you speak only English, you can communicate with over 400 million other persons. If you also learn Spanish, you could speak to any of the 297 million Spanish-speaking people in Latin America , Spain , and other parts of the world.

· By learning another language, you get knowledge of the customs and ways of life of their nations. While learning French, you find out how French people live, behave, and think.

· A foreign language can help and add to your knowledge of your own language. For example, by studying Latin, you can improve your understanding of the thousands of English words that have their roots in Latin.

· Learning a foreign language helps you to add to your general stock of information. It can be a key that unlock new fields of knowledge. If you learn German you will be able to read books written in German on almost any subject you may wish to study.

Knowledge of foreign language extends the horizon of communication. To deal with other people language is most effective tool for understand each other. Knowledge of additional language really adds up for many ways. For instance, people can understand other's culture, sentiment, and thoughts in particular area that he or she may deal differently. People can extend their business with others. In contrast lack of understanding of other's language really hard and impossible to do business with others. Reason is that it requires correspondence, sharing ideas, let others to understand his or her ideas. That's why knowledge of it extends his or her communication height. foreing language study english

Learning and having knowledge of foreign language is outright of benefits. To better prepare for future and to explore possible opportunities foreign language is a tool that every student should have educated before they finish high school.

The great German poet Goethe once said, "He, who knows no foreign language, does not know his own one." That is why in order to understand oneself and environment one has to study foreign languages.

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2. Orlando R. Kelm. THE ROLE OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION AND PROFICIENCY AS RELATED TO STUDY ABROAD PROGRAMS IN BUSINESS, in Professor Shaoming Zou (ed.) Study Abroad (Advances in International Marketing, Volume 13), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2003.- pp. 85-97

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