EDUCATION AND ROLE OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES independent work

Learning a foreign language isn’t an easy thing. Nowadays it’s especially important to know foreign languages. Some people learn languages because they need them for their work, others travel abroad, for the third studying foreign languages is a hobby. Everyone, who knows foreign languages can speak to people from other countries, read foreign authors in the original, which makes your outlook wider. I study English. It’s a long and slow process that takes a lot of time and efforts. Over 300 million people speak it is a mother tongue. The native speakers of English live in Great Britain, the United States of America, Australia and New Zealand. 

“Do you speak English?” – with this phrase begins the conversation between two people, that speak different languages and want to find a common language. 
    It’s very good when you hear: “Yes, I do”, and start talking. People from different countries and nations have to get along well with the progress in the world trade and technology as well as with each other. 
    So it is very useful to learn foreign languages. Knowledge of foreign languages helps us to develop friendship and understanding among people.