Why do we learn English?

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Why do we learn English? Oh, my language, English language! You are so difficult and nice. I learn many interesting things You give me your advice.

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Language is the means of communication. The most common way of expressing an idea for people is to say it out loud. Language enables people to understand each other. At the same moment language can be a major barrier to understanding because there are thousands of different languages on our planet. From the earliest time, with the development of trade and exchange of ideas and techniques people saw the necessity of learning foreign languages. A language that is used as a means of communication by people of different nations is called international. International language helps people of different nations to understand each other.

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Over 300 million people who live in Great Britain, Australia, New Zealand and the United States of America speak English as a native tongue. English is one of the official languages in the Irish Republic, Canada, and the South African Republic. It is also the second official language used in the former British and U.S. colonies. English is one of the official languages of the United Nations Organization and other political organizations. It is the language of literature, education, modern music, international tourism. The dominance of English in the contemporary world is explained by the appearance of lots of people who want to learn English not for pleasure or prestige but because English has become the key to international scientific, technological and commercial innovations of today.

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English is needed as the main and the most efficient means of information exchange. With the acceptance of English as the international language of technology and commerce appears a new generation of people who know why they are learning the language.

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Some children start to learn foreign languages very early, in kindergartens for example. They are taught ABC English there: they sing songs, recite nursery rhymes and learn to construct some phrases.

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In Russia people learn English to be able to exchange the latest information concerning science, technology and commerce with their colleagues; to be able to read foreign newspapers and books. Learning foreign languages is especially popular among young people.

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Specialists should know foreign languages to communicate with their colleagues at the conference, through books and journals or the Internet. Today it is not enough for a professional to know only one foreign language.

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Generation of 90-th is really lucky because it has new opportunities and future. Young people can travel all over the world, can consort to the people of the same age from different countries, and can study culture of capitalistic nations. Certainly, it is impossible to do it if you don’t speak foreign language. I suppose that the most useful language in modern world is English. It is spoken in many countries, millions of people speak English because it is their own language, millions of people study it, because it is probably impossible to make a good career in any branch if one doesn’t speak English.

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In Russia just few last generations realized the necessity of studying English. I think, it partly depends of computerizing of our country.

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I think that communication with English-speaking people is very important and unvalued for pupils, who learn English. Opportunity of communication with English-speaking was a real luck for me. And I’d like to have meetings with guests from England in my own school. My parents remember: “Even in soviet time we had meetings at our schools, where we could talk to foreigners, though we lived far away from the capital!” Now, when Russia is opened for the West, it is not really difficult to invite to school foreigner, isn’t? More over we live in Tatarstan, which is full of foreigners. I’m sure, that such a meeting could be very interesting for pupils.

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English is one of the most important lessons in school. If I speak English, it is easy for me to read books of English writers.

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The results are: 1.For future profession – 62% 2.For fun and pleasure – 27% 3.For communication and corresponding with friends abroad – 31% 4.For listening to popular music groups – 28% 5.For watching satellite programmes -22% 6.For exploring Internet – 21% 7.For reading foreign writers and poets in original – 15% 8.Because teachers force me – 20% 9.I am at a loss to answer – 7%

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Татарча да, урысча да, инглизчә дә яхшы бел. Өченчесе безнең өчен бик матур һәм авыр тел.