20/04/2020
¡Hola! Cómo estáis? Today I have for you some reason to learn a new language. Sometime we don’t want to learn a new language because we are not aware how important it is.
If you are thinking about starting to learn Spanish or you have already started and maybe struggling for motivation, here are some of the main reasons why English natives should be learning Spanish.
1. Foreign Language study creates more positive attitudes and less prejudice toward people who are different.
2. Analytical skills improve when students study a foreign language.
3. Business skills plus foreign language skills make an employee more valuable in the marketplace.
4. Dealing with another culture enables people to gain a more profound understanding of their own culture.
5. Creativity is increased with the study of foreign languages.
6. Graduates often cite foreign language courses as some of the most valuable courses in college because of the communication skills developed in the process.
7. International travel is made easier and more pleasant through knowing a foreign language.
8. Skills like problem solving, dealing with abstract concepts, are increased when you study a foreign language.
9. Foreign language study enhances one’s opportunities in government, business, medicine, law, technology, military, industry, marketing, etc.
10. Foreign languages provide a competitive edge in career choices: one is able to communicate in a second language.
11. Foreign language study enhances listening skills and memory.
12. One participates more effectively and responsibly in a multi-cultural world if one knows another language.
13. Foreign language study offers a sense of the past: culturally and linguistically.
14. The study of a foreign tongue improves the knowledge of one’s own language: English vocabulary skills increase.
15. The study of foreign languages teaches and encourages respect for other peoples: it fosters an understanding of the interrelation of language and human nature.
16. Foreign languages expand one’s view of the world, liberalize one’s experiences, and make one more flexible and tolerant.
17. Foreign languages expand one’s world view and limit the barriers between people: barriers cause distrust and fear.
18. Foreign language study leads to an appreciation of cultural diversity.
19. Foreign languages open the door to art, music, dance, fashion, cuisine, film, philosophy, science…
20. Foreign language study is simply part of a very basic liberal education: to “educate” is to lead out, to lead out of confinement and narrowness and darkness.
