Knowledge of foreign languages
KNOWLEDGE OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES
A knowledge of foreign languages and foreign cultures is becoming more important nowadays.
There are many reasons why we study foreign languages. Now, in the period when there are many joint ventures with foreign companies operating in this country, we need a great number of specialists who know foreign languages. If you know them, you can communicate personally or in writing with others who use these languages. If you wish to make a career in science, you must read scientific literature in foreign languages. Knowing them, you can read the works of foreign writers in the original.
A more general aim is to broaden our intellectual and cultural horizons through contacts with people of other cultures.
A knowledge of foreign languages helps people of different countries to develop mutual friendship and understanding.
When people meet at festivals, international congresses, competitions, they come into contact and learn to know each other better.
Learning of languages, especially of English as the most widely spoken language in the world, has become to the fore. No exchange of technologies, information, cultural values is possible without a foreign language. Moreover, great opportunities are opened today for getting professional education in foreign countries. A lot of schools, colleges, universities in America invite Russians to study in the States and their chief requirement is you should understand and speak fluent English. If you become a businessman, you should learn English in order to be able to enter into negotiations with your foreign partner and be a success on your business. If you are a qualified specialist and have mustered a foreign language, you can even go abroad and find a job there.
So, it is crystal clear that to be a success today you cannot do without knowledge of foreign language. Rack your brains and use the opportunities offered to you while you are at school or college!
