It was required to be proficient in a foreign language.
In many cases, they're more personal than print correspondence and are especially helpful for courses in which it's important to hear examples or clips, such as with foreign language instruction.
His criticism had the singular advantage of being in some sort foreign, without the disadvantage which attaches in French eyes to all criticism of things French written in a foreign language.
Whether it's knowing to go to your next class when the bell rings, navigating a larger school building, or speaking in a foreign language in front your peers for the first time, it can be a terrain of firsts.
For example, if you take a foreign language in 7th grade and continue with that language all the way through high school, most likely you'll be in honor or advanced placement classes.