| When a child comes to life he has chances to | | | | languages of different language families with at |
| master a universe of cultures and languages. | | | | least affordable quality. It's possible to |
| However, it's not up to the kid. It will be bound | | | | English-German translation, but English-Russian |
| with the place it was born. One place to live - one | | | | results are useless junk. A bottom line is the |
| language to speak. That's not a rule, of course, | | | | more languages you know, the deeper you can |
| but that's usual.'Well, I'm fine with my native | | | | surf the Internet, the more useful info you can |
| language. What are those others for?' That's quite | | | | get.Another spot is a brain spot. It's obvious that |
| common point of view nowadays. It's pity but | | | | the more languages you speak, the more |
| there are millions of people who know just one | | | | effective your intelligence is. So why shouldn't one |
| language, their native one.It's like a spot you are | | | | learn at least one additional language to train the |
| stuck to. Imagine yourself standing on a spot on | | | | brain? The more easily you can switch between |
| an e.g. strawberries field. Your legs are tied with a | | | | different languages, the more speedy your mind |
| chain, so you can't move. You have eaten all | | | | is. Isn't it worth studying?Cultural spot. Do you |
| strawberries around you. Thus, you need to | | | | think Germany is just sausages and cabbage, |
| move to another spot. But you can't because you | | | | Russia is just vodka and polar bears walking |
| are bounded. That's a model of a life of a person | | | | around the Moscow, and China is just small people |
| who is stuck to his native language only. There | | | | that break bricks with their heads, so you are |
| are lots of opportunities and information in the | | | | definitely under the rule of stereotypes. Learning |
| world. But as soon as his legs are bound, he can't | | | | foreign culture and foreign language you can |
| reach it.What he should do is to brake the chain | | | | break through these prejudices and open new |
| so that he moves to another spot. And that spot | | | | perfect worlds for yourself. A good reason to |
| opens new opportunities to move to other | | | | know at least several foreign phrases, isn't it?So |
| directions that were closed earlier.A real life | | | | opportunity of getting recently unavailable |
| example of such spot is Internet. I bet you know | | | | information, training the intelligence, learning foreign |
| that there are parts of World Wide Web hat use | | | | culture isn't even the half list of opportunities |
| languages other than English. Russian, Spanish, | | | | foreign languages can give you. You just start |
| Italian, Chinese, German and other local zones | | | | learning and you'll feel the changes that will change |
| contain enormous amount of info that you can't | | | | your life forever.Al Polonski is an administrator and |
| find in English zone (at least for free). You think | | | | chief-editor of a free online Russian language |
| you can use online translators? Don't rely on them | | | | tutor, Learn Russian Easily, based on the method |
| because there is no translator that can translate | | | | of extensive reading. |