THE FUNCTION OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES IN A MODERN EDUCATION

Abstract

This scientific work proposes the role of learning foreign languages with it’s  beneficial aspects. Learning foreign languages broadens our minds, people become educated. In my opinion, languages are especially important for those who work in different fields of science and technology, in politics. A foreign language helps to know the native language better. People, who know many languages are called polyglots. We know the names of some of them: German professor Shlimman, famous writer Shakespeare, philosopher Socrates and many others.

Initially, foreign languages are absolutely necessary for people nowadays, because of our growing international contacts with foreign countries. It is useful to speak at least one foreign language as with its help we can communicate with people who speak it and this ability is useful in our life. Every year thousands of people go from one country to another either on business or for pleasure. And the knowledge of languages opens the door to any foreign country and gives them a possibility to communicate, to understand people and to be understood.