Monday, August 6, 2012

Is It Necessary to Learn New Languages?

Many people think that why they should learn some other foreign language? What's the use. But there are many reasons involved in learning languages which would be beneficial for you.

The first and the foremost thing is in ancient days, man used to make sounds to express his feelings and thoughts to others. Later on, these sounds became words and then words are structured in the form of different languages. So, here we can say that language is very important in expressing and generating thoughts.

In different parts of the world, different languages are there. In order to communicate with the people who are residing in those areas, we need to learn their languages to know and accept their cultures and lifestyle.

Learning another language is not limited by economic background, ethnic background, nationality, gender, race, religion, age or the grades you got in school.

Below are some of the reasons why we need to learn foreign language:
  • It not only improves our reading, writing, speaking and listening skills but also it improves memory, math skills, analytical skills, problem solving and increases critical thinking and creativity.
  • It helps in Personality Development which creates new horizons, at the same time you reinforce your own identity, and also it increases your self-confidence. At last it contributes to a stronger personality.
  • You can access to different cultures in the world by communicating and exchanging views with people all over the world that you would otherwise not have the chance to know.
  • It gives a positive effect on intellectual growth and it enriches and improves mental development. It greatly benefits reading and writing in one's own language; there's evidence that, like musical education, it contributes significantly to the development of individual intelligence.
  • Globalization of world- international links and intercultural connections, linguistic skills and are important for employment and career. Getting knowledge of foreign languages increases job opportunities in many careers where knowing another language is a real asset.
  • Build's relationships between the partners, relatives, friends who are speaking other languages.
  • In studies and research field also it helps in finding the information about subjects you're interested in and is published mainly in a foreign language. Learning that language will give you access to the material and allows you to communicate with fellow students and researchers in the field.
  • Suppose you visit to some tourist places and stayed there in hotel where menu is written in their language. In order to get rid of this problem, if you learn that language you won't be confused. It will also help you to order food and drink, find your way around, buy tickets, etc.
  • If you and your partner wanted to speak on something in public and that should not be understood by the public then a foreign language can be helpful for secret communication.
  • To study some ancient books which are written in different languages and scripts.
  • For challenging yourself is also one reason, a person wanted to learn other language.