Task.

In some educational systems, children are required to study one or more foreign languages. In others, foreign language study is not a requirement.

What are the potential benefits of foreign language study?

Do you think foreign language study is an important part of education?

In some countries foreign languages are part of the educational system, in other countries this is not a requirement. From my perspective studying a foreign language has benefits such as opening up better university options, increasing job opportunities, and broadening academic and labour opportunities.

Studying a foreign language allows students to interact with other students from all around the world. Furthermore, they might get friends with no communication barriers, and according to some experts this practice boosts children’s confidence by teaching them useful skills to express themselves. In a similar way, children who study a foreign language can also exchange ideas with students overseas thus widening their level of knowledge. In addition, these children would visit other countries and learn from other cultures new concepts that could be applicable back home to foster the construction of a better and more egalitarian society, based on contemporaneous civil rights.

Children who study a foreign language might look for greater opportunities to grow by opening better university and future job options. Globalization will continue to flourish as well as academic exchanges and those who have learned a second or third language will have a technical advantage. Moreover, these students may move up the career ladder by working with international companies.

As far as I’m concerned, foreign languages are an important part of education. Learning a foreign language allows us to work, study, and socialize with people from foreign countries. This also helps us to be more competitive in an everyday more globalized and competitive world. In other words, studying a foreign language allows people to live in a world with no geographical barriers in terms of communication.

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References.

Lougheed, L. (2020). IELTS Writing. New York.  Kaplan INC, Barron’s Educational Series