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  1. S peaking

Have you or has anyone you know ever done anything to raise money for a good cause?

  1. Reading

Being a student you can join English-speaking club. But you still think why learn a foreign language. Read the text and maybe you’ll change your mind.

Why learn languages?

To remain monolingual is to stunt your educational development, to restrict your communication and thinking abilities and to deny yourself the ability to fully appreciate and understand the world in which you live.

Learning another language opens up new opportunities and gives you perspectives that you might never have encountered otherwise. Personal, professional, social, and economic considerations all point to the advantages of learning foreign languages. Here are some very good reasons why you should be learning a foreign language.

Learning another language gives the learner the ability to step inside the mind and context of that other culture. Why is this important? In a world where nations and peoples are more and more dependent upon one another to supply goods and services, solve political disputes, and ensure international security, understanding other cultures is very important.

Lack of intercultural sensitivity can lead to mistrust and misunderstandings, to an inability to cooperate, negotiate, and compromise, and perhaps even to military confrontation.

For survival in the global community, every nation needs individuals who have language abilities. A person competent in other languages can bridge the gap between cultures, contribute to international diplomacy, promote national security and world peace, and successfully engage in international trade.

Globalization mobility and communications are bringing the world closer together. That’s why it is urgent for global citizens to be competent in other languages.

Summarise the main ideas from the text by completing the exercise in note form.

a) Not learning another language can:

hinder your ………

limit your … and … abilities

prevent you from … and … your world.

b) Understanding other cultures is important because nations depend on each other to:

provide … and …

 solve …

ensure …

c) Not understanding other cultures can lead to:

 …. and …

 inability to … , …. and …

…..

d) A person who speaks other language can link several cultures and thus:

 contribute to …

 promote .. and …

engage in ….

e) The world is coming together because of:

 … , …. and ….

Match the words taken from the text (column A) to the correct definition (column B):

Column A

Column B

1. stunt

A. be involved in

2. restrict

B. in a complete way; completely

3. deny

C. prevent from growing or developing

4. fully

D. refuse to give

5. supply

E. set a limit on

6. engage in

F. provide; give

Go through the text to find words which have the opposite meaning of the following ones.

  1. inability

  2. old

  3. impersonal

  4. antisocial

  5. bad

  1. independent

  2. insecurity

  3. incompetent

  4. war

  5. unsuccessfully