5 Reasons To Study A Foreign Language

Many schools or universities demand the study of a foreign foreign language. Previous to you start resenting the very thought of it, consider that it could be to your advantage for you to study and master a foreign foreign language. Make no mistake about it: the whole world does NOT speak English. For anyone who has travelled to anywhere but the very largest of the world’s capitals, local people still primarily speak the local foreign language and not English. To speak with them, the only way to do so will be to learn their foreign language.

Here are 5 reasons to why you should study a foreign foreign language:

1. Meet new friends: Learning a foreign foreign language opens up the door to your getting to know more people and expanding your social network. If you are studying a foreign language such as Spanish, Portuguese, or Chinese that is spoken by a large percentage of the population, you will be literally potentially tapping into a communication network with hundreds of millions of people that was previously off limits to you. If you are studying a less well loved foreign language, just reckon how much more valuable you will be since there are fewer foreign speakers of it.

2. Become a more globally-viable businessperson: In the world of business, communication is king. It does not matter how well you can program a computer, do accounting, or design new products: if you cannot communicate with other people, you will not find the success you deserve in the business world. Learning to communicate in a foreign foreign language effectively increases your value as a communicator. And, many people who become proficient in a foreign foreign language end up really improving their skills as a communicator in their native foreign language, as well. Learning a foreign foreign language makes you a better communicator overall, and it therefore makes you a more attractive employee or partner in the world of business.

3. Expand your mind: Speaking a foreign foreign language with fluency truly means switching channels to another way of thinking. Once you become fluent enough in the foreign foreign language you are studying, you will find your consciousness really expanding to accommodate your new ability. Each foreign language has its own set of vocabulary, phrases, and concepts that do not directly translate to other languages. The upshot for multilingual people is that they really force their neurons to grow and connect in new ways. Effectively, you become a modest bit smarter and more mentally flexible.

4. Become more attractive: Looking to impress your husband, wife, date, or that cute self that you see whenever you go shopping? Becoming au fait in a foreign foreign language is a splendid way to bring yourself up a notch on the attractiveness scale. People who expand their horizons are nearly always perceived as more attractive than those who are always pleased with the same-ancient stuff, year after year.

5. Know the world better: The world is getting smaller. Leaders and individuals in different countries are making decisions each day that affect all of us in economic, environmental, and biased terms. By studying a foreign foreign language, you equip yourself with an additional lens through which to view the actions, view, and worldviews of other people. This will help you make more balanced decisions about how to act or react when you learn about world events.

Mastering a foreign foreign language can be quite a challenge, but for each new word you memorize, for each new verb you learn to conjugate, you will be making yourself more fascinating, more economically viable, and even a bit smarter and more attractive.

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