You live a new life for every new language you speak. (Czech proverb) 1.

Why is learning a foreign language important? Read the quotes about learning languages. Choose 2 of them you like best, and comment on them: "f you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. "f you talk to him in his own language, that goes to his heart. (elson !andela Language is the road map of a culture. "t tells you where its people come from and where they are going. +ita !ae ?rown <nowledge of languages is the doorway to wisdom. @@+oger ?acon

(o man should travel until he has learned the language of the country he visits. =therwise he voluntarily makes himself a great baby @ so helpless and so ridiculous. @ +alph 5aldo 9merson

Learn everything you can, anytime you can, from anyone you canA there will always come a time when you will be grateful you did. .arah 0aldwell

A different language is a different vision of life. /ederico /ellini

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