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    COMMUNICA

    TION SKILLS
    REPORT

    FOREIGN
    LANGUAGES
    “A Language is
    not just words,
    But a window
    to another
    world”
    REASONS
    TO LEARN A
    FOREIGN
    LANGUAGE
    IMPROVE YOUR
    ENGLISH
    Developed • Better use of:
    • Tenses
    Parts of • Prepositions
    Speech • Parts of Speech

    Creative • Different ways of


    Writing expressing Ideas
    ENHANCE YOUR
    TRAVEL EXPERIANCE
     Travelling is a great Experience
    and equally Expensive..
     Not knowing the language.... can
    make you feel excluded from
    that culture….
     People are more receptive if you
    speak their culture..
    LANGUAGES ARE
    BEAUTIFUL
     Imagine a world without a
    language :
    Colourless , Meaningless,
     Language is what makes us human
    ..
     Learning a new language is like
    learning a new way to think & a
    new way to sing…
    JOIN THE GLOBAL
    COMMUNITY
     The majority of the
    world does not speak
    English..
     The world is taking a
    global perspective and we
    often meet non English
    speakers.
     Languages give us the
    versatility to expand
    socially and financially .
    IT’S JUST PLAIN
    ‘SEXY’ 
     Knowing a foreign
    Language is more attractive..
     It implies education, taste
    and refinement..
    International Year
    of Languages
    “Languages are indeed essential to
    the identity of groups and inviduals
    and to their peaceful co-existence.
    They constitute a strategic factor of
    progress towards sustainable
    development and harmonious
    relationship between the Global and
    Local context . . . .”

    -Mr. Koichiro Matsuura,


    Director-General UNESCO
    NEED FOR
    SPEAKERS OF
    LANGUAGE
    OTHER THAN
    ENGLISH
    Need For Other
    Languages
    Social
    Needs of
    Global perspective and
    Global
    educated citizenry..
    Population
    ..
    Commerce
    Scholorship Security
    and Social
    and and
    Developme
    Research Diplomacy
    nt
    TIPS FOR
    LEARNING
    LANGUAGES
    Listen

    Confirm Repeat
    SET REALISTIC
    EXPECTATIONS
     In a language class it is natural fact that you will not
    understand everything..
     You might not understand anything at all..
    LEARN
    VOCABULARY
    EFFECTIVELY
     Use flash cards..
     Write word on one side ..
    And English translation
    on the other.. It will help
    improve your retentivity..

    PRACTICE
    LANGUAGE
    EFFECTIVELY

    BREAK STUDY TIME


    INTO SMALL
    CHUNKS
    DO HOMEWORK
    CONSCIENTIOUSLY
     Practice your language skills..
     Extra time to sharpen your
    skills.
    FORM STUDY
    GROUPS
     Meet classmates and solve
    out common problems..
     Study together and prepare
    for tests..!!
     Discuss topics and
    materials discussed in
    class..!!
    MAXIMISE YOUR
    LANGUAGE
    EXPOSURE
     Listen to radio..
     Watch movies ;) , try to
    understand the language..!
     Follow the idiot box to some
    extent..!
    COMMUNICATE
    WITH YOUR
    INSTRUCTOR
     Communicate with your
    instructor any problems that you
    might face ..
     Seek help if a problem arises..
    ASAP..!!
    SPOKEN
    LANGUA
    GES
    French 129

    Malay 159

    Portugese 191

    Bengali 211

    Arabic 246

    Russian 277

    Spanish 392

    Hindustani 497

    English 550

    Mandarin 1000
    0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 1000

    Speakers in million
    DEVELOPERS
    Kshitij
    Bhargava • CSE/10/10045

    Mayank
    Pathak • CSE/10/10054

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