Foreign languages

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Foreign languages is a language that not spoken in the native country of the person referred to. As an example a Japanese person who visiting Indonesia, so that person don't talking in Japanese but using English or Indonesian to make a conversation with citizen. Foreign language can be learned and many people now have mastering some.


Obviously, this definition varies from region to region and by the individuals within a particular region. Many countries have more than one official language or contain significant populations that speak their own languages. Foreign language instruction is often required or strongly encouraged in primary and secondary education; there are also numerous methods of adult language instruction. Many people are bilingual or multilingual, that is, fluent in two or more languages; this is an asset in many professions.

There are more than 6,000 languages in use around the globe. This does not count ancient languages that are still studied for scholarly purposes, such as Latin and Sanskrit. In many areas, residents learn a regional language as well as a national one, for example, Welsh or Irish in addition to English. This practice is sometimes controversial to those who associate a language with a dominant culture. Historically, some languages, particularly those of indigenous or immigrant cultures, have been discouraged or even outlawed.[1]

Bibliography

  1. [1] Rankin, Alan. 2014. What is Foreign Language?.Taking from: www.wisegeek.com/what-is-a-foreign-language.htm (17 October 2014)

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