More are spending money and time to learn foreign languages

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More and more teenagers are taking up foreign languages in their free times for various reasons, be it for better communication with others or to plan ahead for their future. This trend can be observed with figures, with four times as many pupils signing up for arabic now than 2 years ago. Problems relating to this trend are also brought up, for example the lack of of teachers to meet demands as well as unaccredited private school having the possiblity of having low-quality curriculum.

After reading this article, I felt that it provided with us a refreshing view of how many Singaporeans are investing their time on broadening their horizion by learning new languages out of their free time. This trend will no doubt help strengthen these people's social circle as they will be able to communicate with more people. This is something many of us can from, as many of us chooses to spend our time playing computer games, instead of learning and trying out something new.

This trend can mean a lot to many different people. For people interested in learning other languages, this infomation will mean better quality of lessons as more will enter into the market to compete. This makes their perhaps previous indecision much easier to make. It can also cause many people to follow exampls and take up courses in an attempt of learning more things. To the MoE, it also shows that we are very interested in learning things through our own initative.

In conclusion, I feel that this piece of infomation tells me how I can better spend my free time instead of wasting it on games. It can also serve as a teaching tool for other students.