Tasks

The Cyprus Language Policy enhances the foreign language learning. English has become a necessary tool at schools that enables students to acquire the required skills to communicate with one another effectively. The aim of the Education in Cyprus is to provide the knowledge and the skills that are of paramount importance for the continuation of the students' studies or for their commencement into the socio-economic life of the Cyprus. In primary school English is compulsory and is taught in the fourth grade. In Gymnasium there are no optional subjects and both English and French are taught. They are compulsory for all the three grades of the gymnasium.At the Enaio Lykeio in the first class English is an obligatory foreign language together with French. Furthermore English is the language that is needed for the entrance to the institutions of Higher Education of Cyprus and Greece. Generally English is the language that is mostly used at public schools of Higher Education. Specifically the University of Cyprus offers English, French, Italian, Spanish and German.for the fulfillment of the foreign language requirement. In addition the majority of the degree programmes in all private institutions of tertiary education use English as a medium of instruction. The Cyprus Language Policy allows the students to use their foreign communicative language competences.Undoubtly the most frequent mentioned foreign language is English, and the Education in Cyprus gives the chance to the students to use English effectively with a number of writing,listening,reading speaking skills. Unquestionably English spreads out "peoples' cultural horizon" and seeking to learn English should be a vital priority for everyone.
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According to the European Language Policy, the Council of Europe mainly seeks on successful communication skills which are necessary to allow someone to participate in any social or political process. Specifically the Council policy recognizes the importance of the development of plurilingualism (language variety referred to as the "mother-tongue" or "first language" and any number of other languages or varieties) and multilingualism. In addition education systems need to encourage the abilities of the learner to be able to develop the repertoires to changing circumstances. With the European Language Policy education seeks to promote an understanding of why and how one learns the languages, the ability to use flexible skills in language learning, respect for the plurilingualism of others,respect for other cultures, and an abililty to recognize and reconcile the relationships which exist among languages and cultures. Also it aims to create a universal integrated approach to language education in the programme of studies. Furthermore, the European Language Policy enables equality of opportunity and personal development;cultural differences are accepted and intercultural communication is no longer impossible.
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