Wilhelm von Humboldt

Russian language as a world language Total speakers:  Primary language: 164 million  Secondary language: 278 million (2006)  Official language in 11 countries

Contribution of Russian culture to the world culture

Famous Russian names

*Every road has two directions *Looking at a tree see its fruit; looking at a man see its deeds. *A mile walk with a friend has only one hundred steps. *Eat what is cooked, listen to what is said. *A guest has not to thank the host, but the host the guest.

Chinese language as a world language  Total speakers: 1.3 billion  Official language in 5 countries  Spoken in countries with Chinese communities

Contribution of Chinese culture to the world culture

Famous Chinese names

*A child`s life is like a piece of paper on which every passerby leaves a mark. *Teachers open the door. You enter by yourself. *A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song. *A single conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study.

Arab language as a world language  Total speakers: 280 million native speakers 250 million non- native speakers  Official language in 25 countries

Contribution of the Arab culture to the world culture

A drop of water falls in an ocean wide A grain of dust becomes with earth allied What doth they coming, going here donate? A fly appeared a while, then invisible he became. Океан, состоящий из капель велик. Из пылинок слагается материк. Твой приход и уход – не имеют значенья. Просто муха в окно залетела на миг.

*Every day of your life is a page of your history. *What starts with a condition has a good ending. *Blindness of the eye is better than blindness of the heart. *Avoiding mistakes is better than apologizing after. *Leading by example is better than commandments.

Spanish language as a world language  Total speakers: first language: 350 million second language: 150 million  Official language in 21 countries

Contribution of Spanish culture to the world culture

Famous Spanish names

*Water you are not going to drink, let it run. *Faces we can see, hearts we can`t know. *Lazy people work twice. *Don`t speak unless you can improve on the silence. *A lazy youth, a lousy age. *A wise man changes his mind, a fool never.

1. Comment on one of the phrases: If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart. (Nelson Mandela) I speak Spanish to God, Italian to women, French to men and German to my dog. (Emperor Charles V) 2. Express your opinion about a world language in future. 3. Give the examples of interaction of Russian language with English language (or Chinese, Arab, Spanish languages). You may choose one of the tasks you like.