THE ROLE OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES IN A SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

Abstract

Abstract 
Foreign languages knowledge importance has been constantly growing within international cooperation in every field of life. The main 
body of this work will be focused on the role of foreign languages especially English language spoken by the local staff here in Kosova 
and elsewhere in a sustainable development and tourism, considering that no politics, no business no cooperation can be run properly if 
people are not able to speak the language of the partner/ the Global understanding Our international cooperation is positively influenced 
not only by the good international reputation of our country, as the youngest country but also by its location. Kosova is an extraordinarily 
attractive place for partners both from Europe and from overseas countries. In the years after the war tourist of the world have been very 
much interested to visit attractions of Kosova and afterwards they have expressed their interest in investing here. The main and the most 
important factor in our life – Time- is more important than anything else. Interpreters’ intermediation requires a double time to understand 
the conversation and it also weakens the importance because no one can interpret our meaning better than we do it ourselves.   By Global 
Understanding in a comfortable atmosphere, partners share information, opinions, values, attitudes and emotions. Partners email each 
other on a daily basis to openly discuss and evaluate their values and share their traditions. But, through one-to-one partnering, people 
see similarities among themselves, see positives in others, and de-emphasize the negative differences. This realization is key to changing 
negative stereotypes and understanding other cultures. In tune with the rapidly advancing wave of globalization, government should come 
up with different ideas and provide several programs for officials of various government departments and students in order to help them 
improve foreign languages. The “International Conference Specialist Course” and “Protocol Training Course” are among the programs 
which have been well received and practiced by many of the countries world wide. Many Universities also organize “International 
Relations Education Program for Youth” and hold the “Language Camps for College Students” during the summer and winter vacations. 
All members in the Government Departments should be required to demonstrate graduate level reading proficiency in a foreign language 
prior to completion of the degree program. Graduate level proficiency is the ability to understand accurately newspaper and professional 
journal articles in the field of foreign relations, using standard reference materials.