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Speaking foreign languages may cause embarrassing situations.

Article Summary by: dragonflysdance     

Original Author: dragonflysdance
Speaking foreign languages may cause embarrassing situations.
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more often it is said that learning foreign languages, especially English, is very important. So many start their education in this matter but the results may vary depending on personal skills of a student. That is why there are people with good command of a language and those that are not in the know about some more complex aspects of it. Unfortunately vast majority of students falls into the second category. Although they spent hours acquiring new vocabulary and rules of grammar they still are only just a bit above average. This in turn results in funny or embarrassing misunderstandings. Some of them have a serious bearing on their future life others do not. But whatever the outcome is those situations have one thing in common- they cost student a lot of nerves and usually are very amusing for other counterparts of a given situation. In all there is a wide range of things that may happen to an under skilled student starting from suffering from stupid jokes through failing important exams and ending on having wrecked reputation. It is amazing how such things may change one’s life especially that they are so easy to avoid.
Published: August 12, 2006
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