There are numerous advantages to learning a foreign language. Foreign language training is all about learning how to properly communicate and connect with others, a crucial life skill that can only be developed via interaction with others. When you master a foreign language, you may use your new superhuman ability to understand what someone is saying, recall the appropriate vocabulary and grammar, place that vocabulary and grammar in the appropriate context, and respond back—all on the spot and in a timely manner.
Here are our top six reasons to learn a new language:
1. Connect
One of the most enjoyable features of the human experience is our ability to connect with others. It is an amazing privilege to be able to communicate with someone in his or her native language. Bilinguals have the unique potential to communicate with a broader spectrum of people in their personal and professional lives. Knowing the language turns you into a local no matter where you go, practically and metaphorically opening up your world.
2. Advance Your Professional Career
Language skills can provide a substantial competitive advantage that distinguishes you from your monolingual peers. The need for bilingual workers is increasing at an alarming rate. In many cases, language abilities contribute to recruiting incentives and higher salaries as an added bonus. Whatever your career goals are, having language abilities will put you ahead of the competition!
3. Nourish Your Brain
The numerous cognitive benefits of language acquisition are apparent. People who speak more than one language have stronger memory, problem-solving and critical-thinking skills, concentration, multitasking capacity, and listening skills. They are able to transition between competing tasks and monitor changes in their environment more easily than monolinguals, and they exhibit higher inventiveness and adaptability. Being bilingual or multilingual helps to prevent mental aging and cognitive decline as we age.
4. Strengthen Your Connection with Other Cultures
Language provides the most direct link to other civilizations. Being able to speak in another language exposes us to and promotes an appreciation for the people's traditions, religions, arts, and history. Greater understanding, in turn, fosters greater tolerance, empathy, and acceptance of others, with research suggesting that children who have learned another language are more receptive and have more positive attitudes toward the culture associated with that language.
5. See the World
Traveling as a native speaker of the local language can transform a trip abroad. While monolingual tourists can visit the same areas, multilingual travelers are more easily able to navigate outside the tourist bubble and engage and interact with the region and its people in ways that are often unattainable to those who do not speak the language.
6. Gain Perspective
We automatically draw analogies to what is most familiar as we learn a new language and culture. Learning about another culture enlightens us on parts of our own society, both positive and negative, that we may not have considered earlier. You might discover a newfound appreciation for what you have, or you might decide to change things up!
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