Foreign Languages Quotes
Quotes on the work of learning another tongue
Learning a foreign language is treated here as real, sustained work — closer to mastering an unfamiliar sport or an American subject in school than a casual hobby. These lines come from people who took the study seriously.
Basketball, in America, is like a culture. It is like a foreigner learning a new language. It is difficult to learn foreign languages and it will also be difficult for me to learn the culture for basketball here.
After an extensive interview he arranged for my weaknesses in foreign languages to be over-looked and so I started a Biology degree at Birmingham in 1967.
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Given the devaluation of literature and of the study of foreign languages per se in the United States, as well as the preponderance of theory over text in graduate literature studies, creative writing programs keep literature courses populated.
My early education was in the public school system of Omaha, where, retrospectively, I realize that my high school training served me in good stead for the basic subjects of mathematics, English, foreign languages and history.
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I just know so many people who have six or seven foreign languages and have read everything and have musical training and they are still dorks.
As the president of Kosovo, I am more concerned about the current situation with the employment standing at around 70 % of the population, which is young, with great potential, speaking many foreign languages and having wide expertise.
If your kids attend school and grades are up that will make $1,000 contributions to some 10,000 kids across the country, are challenging kids to learn foreign languages or challenging kids to get summer jobs or seek summer enrichment opportunities?
The knowledge of languages was very useful. I have a university degree in foreign languages and literature.
Teaching methods are often inadequate for the goals faculties are trying to achieve. Important courses such as expository writing and foreign languages are frequently taught by untrained graduate students and underpaid adjunct teachers.
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Math and science fields are not the only areas where we see the United States lagging behind. Less than 1 percent of American high school students study the critical foreign languages of Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Korean or Russian, combined.
There is the fear, common to all English-only speakers, that the chief purpose of foreign languages is to make fun of us. Otherwise, you know, why not just come out and say it?
My rebellion has always been positive and connected with my work. That's how I've sung in foreign languages and collaborated with international artistes.
I have sung in over 20 different languages and enjoyed it. I have even sung in foreign languages like Spanish and Russian.
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Some speakers treat several languages as a mark of a well-rounded education, alongside training in Biology or literature. Others worry that language study is losing ground in modern classrooms.
