PASSAGE II The learning of a foreign language should be an integral part of every university student’s education. As a discipline, it affords the mind excellent training. It utilizes skills needed in many other subjects: the concentration required for memorizing music (riot to mention developing the ear for tone and pitch). The logical thinking for resolving mathematical problems, even the deductive reasoning capabilities needed to comprehend philosophical concepts. The mind is stretched through the simple act of learning the grammatical patterns, vocabulary and phonological system of a language. At the same time, the students of a foreign language are acquiring a useful tool. This tool has a double advantage, for while most people (especially teachers) expounded on the rewords of being able to communicate in a second, third or fourth language perhaps the more promising of the two, is being able to understand and hopefully appreciate another cultural group through their literature, their music and customs all of which are best assimilated through the medium of their language.
