What can you say for and against learning languages in a native speaking environment?
Learning languages in a native speaking environment is a great practice. But is it really worth doing? Can’t the person learn the language himself without visiting foreign country?
On the one hand, learning languages in a native speaking environment has its advantages. Firstly, it teaches you to use grammar and lexics properly. It is important not only to know grammar rules and a number of words, but also to use them and get used to them in your speech. For instance, many words that you learn can be forgotten, if you don’t use them. Secondly, native speaking environment gives you right pronunciation. No wonder, it is pleasure to communicate with people whose speech is correct.
But on the other hand, learning languages in a native speaking environment has its certain disadvantages. To begin with, to live in a foreign country costs you a lot. For example, you need a lot of money to hire accommodation, to study in a university, to entertain. Moreover, it is difficult for some people to live in a foreign country. At first it will be difficult to understand people, their culture and habits. So, many people miss their native country.
To sum up, there are both pros and cons of learning languages in a native speaking environment. Everything depends on a person’s character and preferences.

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И вот opinion essay

My parents say the way they lived in the past was more secure. However, I believe that young people are given a lot more life opportunities nowadays.
What is your opinion?

A lot of people, especially of older age, claim that life in their youth was much quieter and they were more sure of tomorrow than young people nowadays. But there are many things I do appreciate today. Among them is a great variety of opportunities we have in life.
Firstly, the life has cardinally changed and at present young people, using Internet and traveling abroad, are more and more informed about the world and other cultures. Secondly, there is a wide choice of activities in which we can take part now, starting from leisure clubs up to political and volunteer programmes. Another thing to mention is a different range of job vacancies offered to young people to earn their own money. This gives us more independence from our family, but on the other hand, it teaches us to be responsible for decisions we make.
However, our society now faces some serious problems such as high crime rate, drugs, smoking, poor environment. They say the society was kinder, the tempo of life was slower. They were not afraid of unemployment. These are reasons for the parents’ concern about our future. And though I share their worries, I would rather risk than have uneventful, monotonous, predictable life.

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хотя вообще на английский далеко не жалуюсь но лучше бы доучивал немецкий)))