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My Interest in Languages   I can fall out my interest in languages back to a holiday to the Lleyn Peninsula when I was 6, during which I decided to compile a dictionary of the Welsh words I saw on signposts. My interest gained ground at secondary school, and in recent years I have become particularly vehement about the language and culture of Spain - an enthusiasm heightened by a trim back to Galicia last summer. While I am enjoying A level French I am keen to take this opportunity to learn something new, thence my desire to study Italian. Italy is a country which fascinates me and which I would love to fall to know, and I already have some knowledge of the language including the orthoepy system.   Last term I took part in an French essay-writing contest organised by the Alliance Française, and for my essay on Globalisation I was awarded a Certificat dOr. Last year also saw my participation in the French Exchange with a school in Condé-en-Brie, near Reims, which I found a valuable brainwave into French culture as well as a chance to improve my language. Apart from my French and Spanish studies, I have pursued other languages at divers(a) times. Last year I took the one-year GCSE course in Latin that my school offers, which I have found very interesting and exceedingly worthwhile as well as a help with and insight into Romance languages. Out of enthusiasm for the West of Scotland and interest in Scottish place-names I have learnt some Gaelic, and I recently started to teach myself German.   I have been elected deputy head boy with responsibility for good-will for this year, and in this position I hope to continue the impressive fund-raising efforts of preliminary years for local and national causes. I have successfully correct my Bronze Duke of Edinburghs award, for which I took up rock-climbing and helped residents in a local treat home. I am on the committee of the Debating Society and have intercommunicate in a number o f debates in the Societys first year by dint of school I have also taken part in a public speaking competition organised by the whirligig Club, for which I spoke as part of a team of lead on how we will view life in the next millennium. I am a keen actor, and have had leading roles in productions both in and out of school.