In this age of globalisation learning a new language apart from the mother tongue is deemed a necessity. Some opine that although it is only required when someone has to move out of their country while others believe that a person should learn irrespective of that. In the following paragraphs we will discuss both the views and conclude with the most suitable notion.
Knowing a foreign language is most useful when the person is in that foreign place. Being proficient in it might not be of much use when the person moves out of that place. To exemplify, I had to learn beginner level German before my internship in Germany. I was worried before temporarily moving there about my communication with native Germans but to my surprise for the six months stay there everything I knew was more than enough for me to get by. When I moved back to India, I never got any opportunity to use German ever again. Hence, the use of the foreign language might be limited to that country itself and spending effort and time on getting a good grasp on it might not be fruitful.
On the other hand, learning a new language is a great brain booster. Learning a new skill, especially a new language keeps our mind active and improves out cognitive skills. For example, a recent research on students taking a foreign language as compared to students taking no foreign language has shown that the former students were scoring better than the latter ones in almost every subject. This has been proven in multiple studies that learning a tongue definitely improves the remembering, speaking and understanding skills. Therefore, learning a foreign language makes our brain sharper and nurtures our cognitive skills.
In conclusion, just familiarising with a foreign language could be enough as it might not come in use after a person has moved back to his own country, but it does improve brain power irrespective of speaking it in day to day life. I personally believe that one must learn at least one foreign language as it does improve our intellect.
In this age of
globalisation
learning
a
new
language
apart from the mother tongue
is deemed
a necessity.
Some
opine that although it is
only
required when someone
has to
move
out of their country while others believe that a
person
should learn irrespective of that. In the following paragraphs we will discuss both the views and conclude with the most suitable notion.
Knowing a
foreign
language
is most useful when the
person
is in that
foreign
place. Being proficient in it
might
not be of much
use
when the
person
moves
out of that place. To exemplify, I had to learn beginner level German
before
my internship in Germany. I
was worried
before
temporarily
moving there about my communication with native Germans
but
to my surprise for the six months stay there everything I knew was more than
enough
for me to
get
by. When I
moved
back to India, I never
got
any opportunity to
use
German ever again.
Hence
, the
use
of the
foreign
language
might
be limited
to that country itself and spending effort and time on getting a
good
grasp on it
might
not be fruitful.
On the other hand
,
learning
a
new
language
is a great brain booster.
Learning
a
new
skill
,
especially
a
new
language
keeps
our mind active and
improves
out cognitive
skills
.
For example
, a recent research on students taking a
foreign
language
as compared to students taking no
foreign
language
has shown that the former students were scoring better than the latter ones in almost every subject. This has
been proven
in multiple studies that
learning
a tongue definitely
improves
the remembering, speaking and understanding
skills
.
Therefore
,
learning
a
foreign
language
makes
our brain sharper and nurtures our cognitive
skills
.
In conclusion
,
just
familiarising
with a
foreign
language
could be
enough
as it
might
not
come
in
use
after a
person
has
moved
back to his
own
country,
but
it does
improve
brain power irrespective of speaking it in day to day life. I
personally
believe that one
must
learn at least one
foreign
language
as it does
improve
our intellect.
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