5 Reasons To Learn A Foreign Language

On the contrary, these claims by speech therapists still remain to be unproved and without any supporting scientific evidence. There are many children who have grown up in bilingual, even multilingual, family and community, and they did not develop any language disorders or delays.

Yes, knowing a foreign language (or more) is definitely a social bonus. There’s definitely a steep hill to climb between being presented as someone that doesn’t know any foreign language whatsoever against being presented as a polyglot. Another case when knowing a foreign language can be literally a social blessing is when meeting a foreigner whose language you can speak. Your ability to talk with them through their own native tongue will extremely impress them, although you’re on home grounds and this can single-handedly create a great impression on you. If the foreigner happens to be part of a business meeting, this impression can turn to a successful business partnership, bringing you both professional and social satisfactions.

It’s often the case where a couple formed out of persons of diverse nationalities understand each other through a commonly known international language such as English. However, they’ll soon want to start learning the other person’s mother tongue, not only for a better communication but also out of respect for them.

Learning a foreign language is one of the highest intellectual goals that one could have on a personal scale. Think about a hard puzzle, or math problem that takes months if not years of constant studying in order to be solved. To solve it may be an arduous one, but the joy at the end is well worth it. It’s the same case with learning a foreign language: the learning process is hardly easy and you will, inevitably, have many minor issues and problems to tackle along the way. You’ll have to focus on various aspects of the problem, such as spelling, grammar, reading, pronunciation and so forth. If you keep your goal in sight, however, and if you don’t lose interest in it, the chances of solving this puzzle are extremely high and the intellectual fulfillment that you get at the end is incomparable to anything else.

It has been scientifically proven that by learning a new language, the process stimulates your brain in such a way that it will make you more keen on understanding and learning other subjects, including “real” disciplines such as math, physics, chemistry and so forth. Learning a new language requires the memorizing and understanding of several thousand unfamiliar words and concepts, which offers your brain a good training for future occasions where memorizing is a must. After studying a foreign language, you’ll have better results with studying for exams, with information assimilation and also, with keeping your mind healthy and “active” even at an older age.