Languages of the World

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Languages of the World

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To have another language is to possess a
second soul.
Charlemagne
Владеть другим языком — это как иметь
вторую душу.
Карл Великий

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The aim of my project is to tell
children and adults about
different languages of the
planet.

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The tasks of my project are:
1) to tell, how useful learning
language for the people and where they
can use this knowledge.
2) to motivate people to learn
languages.
3) to enlarge pupils knowledge
about this topic.

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Some statistics taken from Internet:
1) There are only 7 thousand languages in the world.
2) The most popular languages for learning are
English, German, French, Arabic and Chinese.
3) 65% of people in Russia can speak a second
language.
4) The most popular language in the world is
Chinese, it has 1,5 billion speakers.

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Reasons to learn languages:
a) Travelling abroad without guides and translators.
b) Watch movies and read books in the original, because the
translation of books and movies often changes their
meaning.
c) Communication with new friends from other countries.
d) Learning culture, customs and traditions of different
countries.

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German
(140 million speakers)
This language is used in Belgium, Germany, Austria, etc. It
is one of the six official languages of the UN. This
language has more than 130 million speakers and is
often used as a subject of language at school. To learn
this language a person will need 600-740 class hours.

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French
(150 million speakers)
French is spoken in 53 countries, the main of
which is France. About 150 million speakers in
the world. French is the official language of
many international organizations. To learn this
language a person will need 575-600 class
hours.

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Russian
(260 million speakers)
Russian is spoken in 17 countries. Russian is the official
language of Russia, Kazakhstan, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan and
Tajikistan, Ukraine, Latvia and Estonia. Russian is one of the
six official languages of the UN, the most common language
in Europe and the most common Slavic language in the
world. To learn this language a person will need 740-850
class hours (If your national language is English or other
language).

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Arabic
(280 million speakers)
Arabic language is spoken in 58 countries around the
world. Arabic is spoken in Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Kuwait,
Syria, Lebanon, Jordan and Egypt. Arabic language is
distributed around the world also thanks to the main
book of Muslims - the Koran. To learn this language
person need 900-1000 class hours.

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Spanish
(430 million speakers)
Spanish is spoken in 31 countries. Spanish is the
official language of international organizations:
the UN, the European Union, the Union of South
American Nations, etc. To learn this language a
person will need 500-700 class hours.

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Hindi
(500 million speakers)
Hindi is spoken in India, Nepal, Bangladesh and Pakistan. It
is one of the most difficult languages after Arabic,
Chinese, Japanese and Korean. To learn this language a
person will need 860-900 class hours.

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English
(630 million speakers)
English is the most famous language in the world. This is
official language of 106 countries. In countries such as India,
Ireland, New Zealand, Canada and the Philippines, English is
used as the official. The main language is English in the UK. To
learn this language a person will need 800-900 class hours.

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Chinese
(1,5 billion speakers)
Chinese is the official language of Taiwan and Singapore. It is
spoken by more than 1,5 billion people all over the world and
therefore ranks first in the list of the most popular languages
of the world. Chinese is the most difficult language in the
world. Chinese is one of the six official languages of the UN.
To learn this language a person will need 1000-1200 class
hours.

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Polyglots
People, who know many languages are called polyglots.
We know the names of some of them: German professor
Shlimman, famous writer Shakespeare, philosopher
Socrates and many others.

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Statistics of students studying
languages in our region :
English
German

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Statistics of students studying
languages at our school:
A) 585 children learn English language.
B) 194 children learn German language.
C) 112 children don't learn languages.

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Questionnaire
1) Do you like learn foreign language?
A) Yes – 65%
B) No – 35%
2) Do you learn languages after school?
A) Yes – 50%
B) No – 50%
3) Which language do you want to learn?
A) Chinese, Japanese – 40%
B) Spanish – 30%
C) English - 20%
D) French – 20%
E) German – 10%

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Conclusion
I think that to know foreign languages today is
absolutely necessary for every educated man, for
every good specialist. Let’s to learn foreign
languages and discover with them many interesting
things in our life!

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Thanks for the attention!