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Exercise 4.

REASONS TO STUDY LANGUAGES

Speaking the second language will

• open a world of job opportunities;

• help you meet new people and develop life-long (1) friendship;

• help you get an outsider’s perspective about your own culture. If you’ve only ridden inside the bus you can’t see the bus’s wheels, the exterior colour, or the engine that drives it. Want a bigger picture? You need to get off that bus and examine it from the (2) outside. Learn another language and you’ll have insight not only into another culture, but get a clear view of your own;

• help you become more interesting and meet more interesting people. If you speak (3) two or more languages, you’ll have many more lively, engaging conversations on a variety of topics;

• develop (4) confidence;

• improve your decision making skills;

• completely transform your travel (5) experience. You’ll see the world from a different perspective;

• give you a chance to study or live overseas;

• help you discover a new (6) culture. You can learn a lot about music, films, food, literature, poetry, theatre, fine arts, etc.;

• really make you stand out from the crowd;

• increase your brain capacity and you’ll have better (7) memory too;

• let you keep up with the rest of the world. Read/watch the latest news in science, engineering, technology, business, or the latest (8) research.

Five questions on the text

1. 1. How can learning a second language help you find a job?

2. 2. Why is it important to learn another language?

3. 3. How can speaking two or more languages help you meet new people?

4. 4. How can learning languages improve your travel experience?

5. 5. How does learning languages help your brain?