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Jayatee Bhattacharya, Lovely Professional University Unit 2: Using a Foreign Language

unit 2: using a foreign language notes

contents

Objectives
Introduction
2.1 Learning Foreign Languages
2.1.1 Speaking a Foreign Language Fluently and Confidently
2.1.2 Benefits of Learning a Foreign Language
2.2 Careers and Foreign Language

2.3 Important Foreign Languages
2.4 Summary
2.5 Keywords
2.6 Review Questions

2.7 Further Readings

objectives

After studying this unit, you will be able to:
l Realise what a foreign language is and how you can learn one
l Know how you can learn to speak a foreign language fluently and confidently

l Discuss the benefits of learning a foreign language
l Identify the career options in foreign language
l Know the popular languages of the world

introduction

A foreign language is a language that is native to some other country. It can also be referred to a
language that is not spoken in the native country of a person.

Example: For an Englishman living in India, Hindi is a foreign language.
These two features do not exhaust the possible definitions, however, and the label is seldom
applied in ways that are variously deceptive or factually inexact. For many students, language
practice comes to an end once class is over. One reason is that students are unaware of how to use
their English, German, Japanese, or Russian, outside the confines of the classroom.
Knowledge of one or more foreign languages can be useful in a wide range of careers. For some
jobs, such as translating, interpreting and language teaching, language skills are one of the main
requirements. For other jobs a combination of languages and other qualifications, knowledge or
skills may be needed.

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