International Express Intermediate Unit 3

International Express Intermediate Unit 3

Learning Foreign Languages

Vocabulary

tribe – племя

to spread – распространяться

all over the world – по всему миру, во всем мире

extremely difficult – крайне / чрезвычайно трудный

task – задача, работа

effort – усилие

to take a lot of time and effort – занимать много времени и усилий

still – всё же, тем не менее; по-прежнему,

reason – причина

communication – коммуникация, общение

travel abroad – путешествовать за границей

knowledge – знание

committee – комитет,комиссия

scientific – научный

to borrow – занимать, заимствовать

to consider – считать, полагать

to believe – думать, полагать, считать

There are many languages in the world. Some of them are spoken in small tribes, others are spread all over the world like English or French.

There are languages that extremely difficult to learn, others are very easy. But anyway learning a foreign language is not an easy task and it takes a lot of time and effort.

People still learn foreign languages and there are some reasons for that. The most important is communication. More and more people travel abroad and the knowledge of a foreign helps them understand each other. There are also a lot of interesting books and magazines in foreign languages and people read them to get various information.

If you want to get a good job, you will have to know one of several foreign languages. This is another reason for learning foreign languages. There are languages of international communication and they are English, French and German.

The English language is the official language of many international organizations such as the Olympic Committee, the United Nations and others. This is the language of computing, too. Most Internet sites and software are in English. It is the native language of many countries such as Great Britain, the USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and others.

A lot of scientific books and articles are published in English. This language is becoming more and more popular and now it is hard to live without knowing it. Moreover, many languages borrow English words and expressions and people think that English is the most spoken language in the world.

However, Chinese is considered to be the most spoken language. The Chinese language together with Japanese and Arabic are believed to be the most difficult languages.

I learn English at ……… I’m very glad that I have such an opportunity. Every week we have tests do exercises and write compositions.

I’m thinking about choosing English as my future career because I’m very glad at this language.

I would also like to learn German or Spain if I had a chance.

Questions

1. Is learning foreign language easy or difficult task?
2. What are the reasons for learning foreign language?
3. Is it important for you?
4. Why did English language become international language?

Why is English language becoming more and more popular?

1. Are there any words in Russian language borrowed from English?
2. What language(s) is/are considered to be the most difficult?
3. Do you have an opportunity to learn English? Have you succeeded in learning?
4. Would you like to connect your future career with language?
5. If you had a chance what other language would you like to learn?

(The question for discussion)

Which of these reasons for learning languages do you think are relevant* to people who need languages for work?

a) A language is a part of people’s culture and its important to respect culture.

b) If you speak the language of an international partner they will respect you more.

c) It will save money on translation and interpretation services.

d) It gives you an advantage over your competitors if you can speak on the language of your trading partners and they can’t.

e) It allows you to dominate meetings with international partners

f) You can meet people from other countries and understand their way of life.

g) It gives you more job opportunities.

h) It’s interesting and fun.

*relevant – значимый, существенный, важный

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