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Communication Skills-II

notes self assessment

Match the following sets:

set a set B
11. English (a) Spoken in Austria
12. Mandarin (b) One of the chief languages of Mexico
13. French (c) Most spoken language in the world
14. German (d) Has many colloquial dialects
15. Spanish (e) Widely spoken in many North African countries
16. Arabic (f) Has second highest number of speakers

2.4 summary

l 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.
l 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.
l Learning another language needs to be fun, otherwise, you may it hard to stay devoted.
You need to be patient and celebrate small achievements.

l Once you have a learned a new language, you will be amazed at how much easier it
is to understand a third language. Very soon you will be speaking or at least have an
understanding of every major language that exists.
l Businesses that intend to compete internationally need employees who can competently
communicate in the locales where they do business. Employees who speak one language
can communicate only with people who speak that same language.
l Some of the jobs that you can take up after learning a foreign language are teaching,
translating, interpreting and freelancing.

l Mandarin is the most spoken language in the world, followed by English. Other popular
languages include French, German, Spanish, Japanese, Italian, Arabic and Portuguese.

2.5 keywords

Foreign Language: Any language used in a country other than one’s own
Freelancing: Working on a contract basis for a variety of companies, as opposed to working as an
employee for a single company
Interpreter: One who translates orally from one language into another
Native Language: The language that a person acquires in earliest childhood; also, the primary
language of a community
Translators: People who convert written material from one language to another

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