Some people say that the only reason for learning a foreign language is in order to travel to or work in a foreign country. Others say that these are not the only reasons why someone should learn a foreign language. Discuss both these views and give your own opinion.
Tourism, studies and work opportunities have attracted a huge portion of foreigners coming to a country.
As a result
, being capable of speaking more than just your mother tongue is more important than ever. In Linking Words
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essay, I would examine the benefits of studying a foreign language is not only for a vacation or an overseas career but Linking Words
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individual reasons as well where it can be helpful in many parts of our life.
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Firstly
, many people are learning a foreign language as it is crucial to travel or work overseas. Due to the development of industry and technology, highly educated employees are now welcomed all over the world.Linking Words
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, big companies, Linking Words
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as Apple, Google, Facebook, etc., want to recruit skilled workers even from a different country. Linking Words
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, the modern generation wants to work and settle abroad. Linking Words
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, tourism is a rapidly growing sector which makes overseas travelling is a new trend in modern society. Linking Words
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, another lang is essential to enable you to express what you want while travelling abroad.
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On the other hand
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be for entertaining and many will agree to it. To illustrate, during my childhood,Hindi was a lang which I opt-in my studies as a foreign language, but I always failed Linking Words
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subject.Since my childhood to adulthood,I was watching numerous Bollywood Movies, with subtitles .Linking Words
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, watching these movies from youth has enabled me to speak and understand Hindi as I got married to an Indian guy where many of his family members are not able to communicate in English nor in French as I was born and brought up in Mauritius and our mother tongue is known as "Creole". Linking Words
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, it is vital for those transnational marriages to communicate.
To summarize,in my opinion, being multilingual is not only for travelling and working abroad but Linking Words
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for studying and other personal reasons because languages are the key to a better understanding of humanity.Linking Words
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