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Matteo Ma
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The world is full of foreign languages.
How far do you have to go from your
front door to know that it’s true? Think
about how many people and places you
could discover, newspapers you could
understand, books you could read,
movies and TV programs you could
understand, web-sites you could visit
just by knowing another language.
Nowadays, knowing another language
has many benefits. By learning other
languages we are discovering new
cultures and traditions. Knowing foreign
languages later in life will help us to get
a job that we want.
Remember you are never too young to
begin to study a foreign language but it’s
also never too late!
Laura Janković, VI form
Foreign languages are very important to
study because we can meet people from all
over the world and learn about many
cultures.
Travel and learn and meet people from all
over the world. If you know the languages
it’s easier to communicate and there is no
obstacle when you talk with other people
form all over the world.
I love foreign languages and I’m trying to
study as much as I can so I could speak
with so many people without difficulties.
Foreign languages are very interesting for
me. I speak Spanish, Italian, Croatian and
English. I would also like to speak German,
Japanese and Portuguese.
I love foreign languages very much!
Rea Petrc, VI from
If you move to a di
fferent country the
language
will help you to com
municate with loca
l
community.
If your relatives or
friends speak diffe
rent
languages, learnin
g that language w
ill help you
to communicate wi
th them and better
understand their cu
lture and their way
of
thinking.
Knowing foreign la
nguages at work m
ay
increase your chan
ces of finding a job
or of
going on business
trips.
You may find inform
ation about subjec
ts you’re
interested in foreig
n books or on the
Internet.
A basic ability to sp
eak a foreign lang
uage will
help you to order fo
od and drink, find
your way
around, buy tickets
… Also, you can ha
ve a real
conversation with
the local people yo
u meet
who can be very in
teresting.
If you plan to study
in a foreign univers
ity you
have to know foreig
n languages.
You can easily read
books, watch films,
TV
programs, listen to
music in foreign la
nguages.
It’s fun learning fore
ign languages!
Dora Ivezić, VI form
reign languages
Knowing more about fo
reign cultures,
we know more about fo
traditions…
e important to
All of the languages ar
are spoken all
study, but three of them
are: Spanish,
over the world. Those
English and French.
b. I think it says
I also heard one prover
languages you
something like: “More
u worth”.
speak, more people yo
important to
Foreign languages are
to the other
study when we travel
reign language is
country, where that fo
uages help us to
spoken. Studying lang
d that is one very
make good friends an
life!
important thing in our
Karlo Žakula, VI form
It's important to study foreign languages to
get to know other cultures.
It's important to study foreign languages
for better communication.
It's important to because some words are
similar in different languages so it's easier
to understand.
It's easier to connect with other people
from different countries.
It's important for some signs in a case of
emergency.
It's important for reading instructions of
computers, cellphones…
It's important and it’s fun learning foreign
languages!!
Lina Škorić, VI form
learn foreign
I think it’s very important to
ish, French
languages, especially Span
three
and English, because those
er the world.
languages are spoken all ov
very
If you are travelling a lot it’s
. This
important to speak English
Europe,
language is spoken all over
d in some
North America, Australia an
you know well
parts of Asia and Africa. If
rn about the
one language, you can lea
even go to
different cultures. You can
in a foreign
the university or find a job
ny friends
country. You can make ma
people from
and create friendships with
there.
glish and also
Many films are made in En
or mobile
it’s easier to use computers
.
phones if you know English
you can’t
So, today, without English
miss a lot.
learn many things and you
Lovre Marjanović, VI form
I think it’s im
portant to k
now foreign
languages
because if
we travel
around the
world we ne
ed to know
at least Eng
lish, which
is the
internationa
l language.
For me it’s
cute to kno
w more
languages
and it’s also
important
for commun
ication.
Iris Mehme
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It’s important to study foreign languages
because in someway we have to
communicate with the world. It’s
important because when we travel again
we have to communicate with someone.
It’s important so that we could ask for
help in a foreign country if we need one.
It’s important so we coul communicate
with other players if we play some sport.
It’s important so we could watch satellite
programs.
It’s important if we want to study in some
foreign university.
It’s important so that we could read
books in foreign languages.
It’s important so we could get a job in a
foreign country.
It’s important because it is said that you
worth as many languages as you can
speak!
Dorijan Semenčić, VI form
Learning foreig
n languages ta
kes time.
You should kn
ow other lang
uages.
When you mo
ve to a differe
nt country,
learning the la
nguage will he
lp you to
communicate
with local peo
ple.
Many people
believe that to
whatever
country you g
o on holiday y
ou can get
by speaking E
nglish, but is b
etter to
know the origin
al language b
ecause
people get mo
re confident a
nd also you
can have more
fun. In a foreig
n
language cou
ntry knowing th
e language
will help you o
ut, i.e. order fo
od, find the
way…
With the know
ledge of a fore
ign
language, you
can meet bett
er the
culture of that
country. Not k
nowing
English mean
s being exclud
ed from
many Internet
sites, TV prog
rams and
world news.
Roko Marunic
a
, VII form
very
Languages are important,
ore
important for all people. M
things
languages we know, more
le we
we can do, with more peop
can hang out.
the EU.
In 2013. Croatia will enter
e won’t
When we enter the EU, ther
fferent
be any limits to live in the di
. The
countries all across Europe
we don’t
only problem could be that
know all the languages.
any
That’s only one of many, m
more
reasons why we must know
many
languages. Because of so
four
reasons I’m learning even
n,
languages: Croatian, Italia
ish!
Spanish and of course Engl
Ana Šoda, VII form
It’s important
to study foreig
n languages
because if w
e visit some
new places w
can speak fo
e
reign langua
g
e
s
, and
understand s
omething too
.
If we watch fo
reign videos,
films… we ca
understand it
n
. For tourist g
u
id
es is very
important to
know many la
nguages,
because they
are working w
ith foreign
people and th
ey are talking
them about o
country and th
ur
ey have to exp
la
in everything
about the pla
ce they visit.
Speaking ma
ny languages
you have a lo
knowledge a
t of
nd in this wa
y
y
o
u
have more
opportunity to
find a job all
around the
world!
You can learn
more about c
ulture and
customs of th
e states and
more about th
nations. Stud
e
ying languag
e
s
y
o
u
g
et to
know a lot of
people and y
o
u
find a lot of
new friend. A
ll the people
say: “How m
languages yo
any
u speak that
m
any people y
worth!”
ou
René Balint,
V
II form
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Enis Ibiši, V
II form
I think it’s imp
ortant to stud
y foreign
languages be
cause you ca
n have a nice
job in a touris
t agency. Wh
en you go on
trips you mee
t many people
and you can
found out som
ething about
their culture
and their lang
uages. As a
matter of fac
when you kno
t
w many lang
u
a
ges you
have more po
ssibilities in y
our life.
When you go
somewhere fo
r example
on a trip is go
od to know a
foreign
language so
you can com
municate with
other pople. If
you know ma
ny
languages yo
u are have go
od
qualifications
to find any jo
b and you ca
go to the univ
n
ersity in a fore
ign country.
It’s good to k
now foreign la
nguages
because you
will never sta
y without job.
For example
you can teac
h other
children lang
uages.
Ani Čudina, V
II
study foreign languages
I think that it is important to
I will tell you some now:
because of many reasons.
d Croatia will be
we are entering the EU, an
states and they said on
surrounded by many other
much more with them
TV that we will communicate
languages written on the
and that will be more other
rants and traffic signs.
signs in the stores, restau
guages because of
it is good to know other lan
er state it is nice when
school, if you go in some oth
that state
you know the language of
Germany when I
my dream is to go to live to
er persons have a dream
grow up. Maybe many oth
of that kind
does study
if nobody didn’t and nobody
uld be no tourist guides,
foreign languages there wo
ages, translators and
professors of foreign langu
many others.
ia, Italy or other
many people go to Sloven
need to eat or wear and
countries to buy what they
ies without knowing the
you can’t go to other countr
language
ut how important foreign
Well this is what I think abo
think like me too!
languages are. I hope you
Piera Bertolini, VII form
form
od to know
In my opinion, it’s really go
many
foreign languages. We have
mmunicate
reasons to know how to co
really useful.
with other people, and it is
guage so
English is the business lan
the most
everyone should know it, it’s
rld. It’s
spoken languages in the wo
us to speak
going to be easier for all of
so that we
many different languages
live wherever
would be able to work and
know and to
we want. It is important to
age.
communicate in other langu
es can help
Knowing different languag
it at all. It is a
you when you don’t expect
es but
hard work studying languag
e opens many
knowing a foreign languag
doors.
Lauren Cooper, VII form
ages. I go to
I like to study foreign langu
It’s a
the Italian minority school.
am proud of
multinational school and I
es: Croatia,
this. I know a lot of languag
. I think it’s
Italian, Spanish and English
guages.
important to learn foreign lan
ms such as
Our country has big proble
we become
unemployment, but when
Union it will
members of the European
dad travels all
be easier to find a job. My
eds to know
around the world and he ne
e he must
foreign languages becaus
wants to
understand people when he
one for help.
buy something or ask some
know a lot of
The tourist guides have to
come a
languages too. You can’t be
derstand the
tourist guide if you don’t un
. Those are:
most important languages
ch.
English, Spanish and Fren
Rea Stemberger, VII form
nt to study foreign
rta
po
im
is
it
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k
in
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if you want to travel
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ca
be
s,
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ua
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la
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ot
in
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lia
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ish
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En
t
as
le
at
y Chinese. For
you want you can stud
, I live in Croatia
example: I’m Russian
ority school. I have
and I go to Italian min
use I want to go to
to know English beca
to know Italian
Britain to study; I have
n school; Croatian
because I go to Italia
atia and Russian
because I live in Cro
her tongue.
because it is my mot
form
Ivan Bystriyakov, VII
I think it’s ve
ry important
to study fore
languages b
ign
ecause we c
a
n
communica
with foreign
te
people. Wh
e
n
I
g
o on holiday
to a foreign
s
country it’s
v
e
ry
n
ic
e when I
know langua
ge of that co
u
ntry becaus
good to und
e it’s
erstand peo
p
le
w
ho live there
If you want
.
to live a diffe
re
n
t
c
o
untry you
have to kno
w or study a
d
ifferent lang
If you know
uage.
more langua
g
e
s
you can ma
friends with
ke
different peo
p
le
fr
o
m different
countries.
It’s importan
t to know En
glish becau
can have a
se you
better future
.
S
p
a
n
ish, English
French and
,
Portuguese
a
re
a
ls
o
languages.
important
You have to
k
n
o
w foreign
languages if
you want to
be a transla
teacher, doc
tor,
tor, hotel re
c
e
p
ti
o
n
is
t… even if
you want to
play a TV q
u
iz
show you h
to know the
ave
most import
a
n
t
fo
reign
languages.
Sara Chelli,
VII form
many
I think it is important to know
English is the
foreign languages. Today
the world.
most important language in
for me and
My opinion is that the best
guages
others is to know many lan
understand
because we can connect,
er people. If
and get information from oth
untry it’s
you want to work in other co
guage. For
important to know other lan
s to become a
example, if someone want
eak different
tourist guide he needs to sp
able to
kinds of languages. If he is
ople, he can
communicate with other pe
tourists
do his job and he can guide
eak four
wherever he wants. I can sp
lp me a lot in
languages and that can he
my life!
Mia Vukušić, VII form