39 и 40 Some people believe that English should be the only foreign language taught at our schools. Others think that German, French and Spanish should continue (Сочинения ЕГЭ английский язык)

Nizhny Novgorod

Russia

13/06/20

Dear Jane,

Thanks for your recent letter. I was glad to hear some news from you.

As for my family, I with my sister often cook various salads using

different ingredients, the main dish is fried French meat, which is always cooked by our mother, while grandmother bakes the wonderful honey cake. We try to entertain all our close relatives at least for each significant celebration such as birthdays, New Year and so on. And all gatherings we held in our countryside house, where we can find plenty of space for all members of our big family and create a cosy atmosphere for having a good time together.

By the way, what about you? Are your family going abroad this summer? What places will you visit? How will you entertain yourself during the holidays?

I’m sorry, now I need to help my parents.

Write soon!

Best wishes,

Andrew

Nowadays studying a foreign language has become a necessity for everyone. But there are so many languages making it hard to define which is better to teach at school, that is why many people argue: “Should English be the only foreign language taught at schools or others must continue too?”

In my opinion, we cannot eliminate other languages. Firstly, studying various languages helps students learn more about the culture and customs of the native speakers and stop thinking about them by stereotypes. Secondly, many languages have the same roots and studying a second language helps accomplish better results in the first one. Finally, students learning a few languages are convinced to be more easy-going and well socialized.

However, there is another group of people believing that more reasonable to continue teaching only English. It is the international language used by billions of people in many areas of human life, which are unacceptable for other languages. Besides, English is quite simple for studying at school for everyone in comparison with German, for instance.

I respect another point of view, but I still consider that our schools should continue to teach several languages. It gives students limitless opportunities for reading, watching, communicating without any hardship of incorrect translation. Also, researches show that studying at least a few languages boost cognitive skills and improve his/her memory.

To conclude, schools should make a reasonable decision and move on teaching several foreign languages. This is right to do to develop in pupils steady social skills and broaden their minds, which is impossible to do only by studying English.