FCE Essay — Learning English in an English-Speaking Country

Nowadays it is very important to know foreign languages for communicating, education and different other₁ purposes. One of these languages plays a great role in our lives — it is English language₂. Millions of people from all over the world speak English every day. There are lots of opportunities to learn this language nowadays: we can attend special courses, boost our vocabulary while reading English books or watching films in English and we can visit and live for some time in countries where English is native language₃.

Speaking about living and learning English in such countries, it is definitely easier and faster to learn language₄ there because you are interacting with the₅ native speakers. You will not have an opportunity to express yourself in your native language — no-one will understand you. So you will improve your vocabulary and speaking skills. Secondly, that is a great chance to make good friends with whom you can stay in touch and communicate when you will be in your own country.

There are of course some drawbacks to learning English in English-speaking countries. First of all, not everyone can afford this type of learning English or other foreign languages. A further disadvantage is that sometimes it might be dangerous to live in such countries because they might be new for you: you are going to live in a country with new different rules and traditions.

In my opinion, everyone should try that type of learning English because you are gaining new experience while living and studying somewhere else.

In conclusion, I would like to say that it is not just about learning English, it might be any language if you are interested in it. That is a great chance to find out more about culture of the country that you are visiting.

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1. Nowadays it is very important to know foreign languages for communicating, education and other different purposes — необходимо поменять местами прилагательные different и other.
2. В данном случае слово language является избыточным. Это не ошибка, а стилистическая рекомендация. Слово language можно опустить.
3. … we can visit and live for some time in countries where English is a/the native language  — исчисляемое существительное в единственном числе, необходимо использовать артикль. В данном контексте подойдёт как определённый (… where English is the native language — единственный из государственных), так и неопределённый (… where English is a native language — один из государственных языков).
4. В данном примере нам необходим определённый артикль, так как мы говорим о конкретном языке (the language).
5. В этом случае артикль не нужен — speakers во множественном числе и мы говорим о них в целом, а не о конкретной группе носителей.

Сильная работа для уровня B2 (Upper-Intermediate), полностью отвечающая требованию к уровню знания языка для экзамена FCE. Единственная из систематических неточностей — использование артиклей. Рекомендую ознакомиться со статьей об артиклях нашего сайта-партнёра engexam.info