Today, when the world is becoming a global village, knowing foreign languages is essential to facilitate communication on many different levels. Good command of English is considered by the employers as obvious as knowing your native language therefore those who speak also other foreign languages, especially those less popular, have more opportunities to get a lucrative post. As nowadays learning of foreign languages has become not only a fashion but, most of all, a necessity, even children in kindergartens have language classes.
There are various ways of learning a foreign language, the most popular of which is sitting in a classroom with other learners, listening to the teacher and doing exercises in course books. Many people attend language courses where teachers provide them with necessary materials and facilitate their learning by implementing various modern methods of foreign language teaching. Other people taking private lessons or learning on their own, using "a teach yourself English/French etc manual".
Obviously, mastering a foreign language is a long and difficult process which requires a lot of effort on the side of a learner. It is good idea to make use of any opportunity to boost the results of our work. Therefore it is advisable to listen to the radio or to watch TV in the language we are learning. Besides, spending some time among the native speakers of the language is the best way to improve our speaking skills.
However, what is also essential, apart from hard work and regularity in our learning, is also our attitude towards the language. If we like it and are interested in the culture of the country where it is spoken, we have more chances to be successful learners.
As English has become nowadays an international language used in business, education or science, it is very important to have good command of at least one more foreign language. People who are multilingual are more likely to achieve a success and to find employment in thriving companies which will offer them lucrative posts.
