There are people who just love to
learn foreign languages. They are in love with new words, the construction of
sentences, and the musicality of the new language they acquire.
On the other hand, there are
people who learn foreign languages because they need it. Most universities have
foreign languages in their curriculum for their students. Some need it for
their jobs, as an added skill.
Whether it be want or a need,
learning languages will never fail to tickle our curiosity and imagination.
Here are some things that foreign languages can bring into our lives:
Enhance Your Career Potentials
Knowing how to speak in a foreign
tongue or two is a big advantage in the very competitive jobs market. If you
have the skill to speak in different languages, it will open doors for
promotions in your office or placement in a very good opportunity abroad.
Deepen your Perspective
Understanding how other people
from different countries speak gives you a chance to immerse yourself in their
culture. You can start appreciating films, music, literature, plays, and other
things from foreign lands. Thus, you can enrich you view of life through
foreign languages
Enjoy Your Holidays
When you visit another country
for a holiday or as a tourist, there is an apparent lack of communication, a
wall between you and the locals. If you know how to speak their language, this
barrier is hurdled and you can immerse yourself into how their day to day life
is. Ask questions in their native tongue and you can definitely get the best
answers and recommendations to make the most out of your vacation.
Improve Your Marketability
Language skills being posted in
your curriculum vitae will attract the attention of the HR department, the
boss, and most companies. If you know to speak Chinese, French, German, or any
other language they will see you as an asset to achieve their goals. So if you
have mastered a language, by all means include it in your CV.
Increase Awareness of Other Culture and Race
Knowing a foreign language gives
you a chance to learn about the history of other nations and races. This gives
you the opportunity to compare the strengths and weaknesses of your own country
and people. From there, you can figure out the differences that may count to
improve your life.
Win More Friends and Make Life More Meaningful
Language traverse borders and you
can win a lot of new friends if you can communicate better. Comfort zones are
establish and you will realize that people open up to you for the reason that
you sound or talk like the way they do.
Broaden Your Choices for Education
If you are thinking of the best
universities for a certain field of interest, you can discard the limitations
of your own geographical boundaries. You may consider overseas schools that can
offer better programs or cheaper courses. The languages that you know will help
you blend in and adapt easily to life in a foreign university.
Many individuals also love to
learn foreign language as language skills in a job. In the present situation of
our global market and economy, many demands for language skills to continue to
grow as many organizations, businesses as well as the governments build links
and communication with the foreign language.
It is very beneficial in every
employment neither communication in very important reasons. It gives careers
and chances for them to progress either through building and gaining promotions
as well as international travel experience. And also it opens new ideas and
employment opportunities.
International major organizations
such as Red Cross, World Trade Organizations as well as Amnesty International
and other worldwide organization will always need people with skills and
ability for range of languages in their administrative work to management. They
almost need a cross section of foreign language skills and an additional many
speakers in the main international language such as Spanish, French, English,
Arabic and Chinese.
The National Government also
demand huge numbers of foreign language speakers for every Foreign Affairs
Services Departments and Bureaus. Working with this Foreign Services could give
you the opportunity of working abroad and living in an embassy of a certain
country. You will be able to listen to intelligence reports in foreign language
and translating them and conducting researches in foreign language as well as
liaising with other countries as counterpart.
What language should I learn
first?
Each one is unique in sound and
be able to fascinate and bring them to another culture. It means learning to
walk with your head on the road, as well as familiar and new to be discovered
abroad. Playful works best.
All beginnings are difficult.
This is especially true for learning a foreign language. Whoever wins I will
not speak Italian and Latin still has knowledge of another Romance language
needs at first a little perseverance. Vocabulary is developed and internalized
grammar, so stay say. Often, no motivation and enthusiasm for the language at
work high and time is associated with learning. If we can speak fluently in a
foreign language, is mainly one thing: giving too soon.
If you have submitted the first
feeling of helplessness by the incomprehensible and won an overview of the basic
principles of a language, and can rest on their laurels first before starting
to expand their vocabulary. Who wants to learn a Romance language second or
even third, has done the work and therefore as a fruitful way open to
multilingualism.
Tips for beginners:
The grammar is the greatest
obstacle to be overcome first. clearly presented and clearly that can impress
the best. Individual standards, such as the formation of verbs in different
times we can say that on the posters. Importantly, the simple models that we
understand and follow the arrows and colors help to emphasize the point.
Another learning aid and a supplement to textbooks, software and various online
services also offer voice calendar. Every day take time for language affects
mostly positive effects on learning.
Vocabulary:
Memorization of vocabulary did
not always produce the desired results. Sounds like a word a word of the
language, you can create a shortcut key. The rhymes are as useful as fantasy,
to keep what they have learned in my memory. If you need visual aids can,
everyday objects attached with sticky notes to label or difficult words in the
bathroom mirror. In general, words must be spoken aloud and to establish a card
system makes more sense to customize as the long lists of vocabulary. This
follows a word in our passive vocabulary, you must have either heard or read,
which is about six times. active part of our vocabulary, it is only after a
dozen contacts. To understand the word not only, but also itself use,
therefore, requires constant repetition. Music can bring variety to learning.
Letters to master, we are especially easy. Worthwhile, for example, to
investigate the relevance of the songs and learn their lines by heart.Best to
take a day a week to participate intensely in various ways with the foreign
language. In addition to listening, reading and, above all in thought in
foreign language practice: self-talk consolidate the learning experience.
Advanced tips:
If you already have a
considerable vocabulary, have the opportunity to drill down through radio,
television, newspapers or books in the language. In order to express themselves
spontaneously in a foreign language, must have learned to think of it. If you
do not have a word in memory, you can easily re-write it with different words.
Learning new vocabulary is easier, since they can be classified into the known
relationships, but also raises awareness of the error.
Should we speak in a foreign
language, it has therefore often inhibitions. To enable the active vocabulary,
we need freedom of expression, it is best to practice with a tandem partner.
Once someone has found that speaking the target language as their mother
tongue, the meeting is very informal chat about this and that, doing a lot to
learn new vocabulary and learn many interesting details about people and
culture. So do not be afraid to talk!
The best of all ways to learn a
foreign language, is ultimately to be a stay abroad. That is completely
surrounded by the target language, can not escape. In every place where one
stays, one finds that it takes him an ideal without much effort, a new
vocabulary. The language is learned and playful in their natural environment.
The experiments were expressed as a special in our memory. With the words we
need in these exceptional situations, as well: they remain in our memory. Those
who imagine an extended stay abroad can not, therefore must have at least one
language course of two weeks abroad into account to improve their language
skills. Learning that is fun, ultimately leading to greater success.
