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More and more people want to learn a foreign language for various reasons. Some people think that learning a second language is for travelling or working in a foreign country, but others insist that there are variety reasons to learn a foreign language. I contend that travelling and working in other countries is not the only reason to study a second language.
First of all, of course, people learn a foreign language in order to travel or to work in a foreign country. This is because there are a lot of opportunities in other countries than their home country. Recently, many students and young pupils want to go abroad for travelling and working. They can get a new experience from new environment, and it makes them more mature. English or other languages are needed if they want to enjoy or getting their job in a unfamiliar country. There is uncontroversial opinion that people learn a foreign language for travel or work in a foreign language.
However, those are not enough to explain why people should learn a foreign language. This is because some people learn a foreign language not only to get a job in other countries, but also to apply a job in their home country. According to a recent research from South Korea, most university students said the official English examination score is a essential matter to apply any company in South Korea. Most companies in South Korea has required a limit line in an application paper that if some do not satisfy the limit line, they can not get a chance to apply the company. It is evidently showed that a foreign language is required to apply by a company for their working even in their hometown.
To conclude, learning a foreign language is not only for their travelling or working in a foreign country, but also for applying an application in their home country. I think those reasons are sometimes very unfair to some people who can not learn a foreign language. |