Examine the following fragment from PCNs.

As part of a major field of knowledge – Languages, Codes and Related Technologies – Foreign Languages can now perform their inherent role, which, for a long time, was kept short of evident: that of being essential means of communication among people. _______, like any other language, foreign languages work as means of access to knowledge and, thus, to different forms of thinking, creating, feeling, acting and understanding reality, which affords students a more comprehensive and more solid training.

(http://portal.mec.gov.br/seb/arquivos/pdf/pcning.pdf)

Choose the best option that completes the context.