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In die last decades, people have been becoming increasingly aware of the fact that knowledge of an, at least, foreign language than die mother tongue is, indeed, an imperative. One should by no means understand that we intend here to make lobby for one language or die other! It is a mere admittance of the importance and need of learning foreign languages in a linguistically globalised society.
Keywords: foreign languages, bridge language, communication, English, 'mixture' languages
Motto: What's in a language...
by any other name it sounds like.. .English 2
In the last decades, people have been becoming increasingly aware of the fact that knowledge of an, at least, foreign language than the mother tongue is, indeed, an imperative. When it comes to choosing which languages to study, things become a little complicated, due to a number of concurrent factors: when we are at a very young age, we learn the language(s) used in our families, or the one(s) taught in our kindergarten, schools, etc., therefore, it is the language that kind of 'chooses' us. It is only when we grow older that we become aware of what a foreign language is all about, what it means, its use and implications. But, how do we decide what language to choose? In Romania, or other such Eastern European countries, there is this tendency of choosing to study English, since, for a while now, it has been the international language, seemingly understood and more or les correctly used by the majority of the people. Or, due to the economic and social power it still represents, the German language would appear to be another strong choice. The French language is not forgotten, either, nor is Spanish or Italian, due to the increasingly large number of Easter Europeans working in Spain, or Italy.
One should by no means understand that we intend here to make lobby for one language or the other! It is a mere admittance of the importance and need of learning foreign languages in a linguistically globalised society. Not to mention the fact that learning foreign languages was agreed to be among the brain activities able to fight against horrible mental diseases. According to an online article3 Staying mentally active: "There is some evidence...