Learning a foreign language has many advantages including gathering knowledge of diverse cultures, better job prospects, faster cognitive development, effective communication skills and so on. While some people believe that only reason we should learn a foreign language is to visit or work in a foreign country, many others opine that the benefits of learning a different language are not limited to the job and travel prospects only. This essay delves with both points of views.
On one hand, it is quite natural that people want to learn a foreign language only to be able to communicate with people who speak this language. Thus a large number of people learn foreign languages like English, French, German, Spanish, Russian and Arabic either to visit/migrate or find jobs in countries where people use these languages. From this regards, it seems quite logical that visiting a country or working there is the main reason people learn a second language. In my country, most of the people learn English and Spanish while almost none learn Russian. Migration and job prospects are the reason that has established this trend, I believe.
On the contrary, research indicates that cognitive development happens faster among children who learn a second language than those who do not. Furthermore, learning a second language is mandatory in an academic syllabus and this helps us understand diverse cultural and traditional aspects. People who know more languages are capable of reading more books, and understanding the lifestyle of different nationalities. Again, learning a foreign language helps us make new friends. Thus it is evident that learning a foreign language has many other benefits as well.
In conclusion, there is no denying the fact that people primarily learn a foreign language to travel to or work in a developed country. But it is quite evident that there are far many advantages of learning a foreign language than to work or migrate to a country.
Learning
a
foreign
language
has
many
advantages including gathering knowledge of diverse cultures, better
job
prospects, faster cognitive development, effective communication
skills
and
so
on. While
some
people
believe that
only
reason we should
learn
a
foreign
language
is to visit or work in a
foreign
country
,
many
others opine that the benefits of
learning
a
different
language
are not limited to the
job
and travel prospects
only
. This essay delves with both points of views.
On one hand, it is quite natural that
people
want to
learn
a
foreign
language
only
to be able to communicate with
people
who
speak this
language
.
Thus
a large number of
people
learn
foreign
languages
like English, French, German, Spanish, Russian and Arabic either to visit/migrate or find
jobs
in
countries
where
people
use
these
languages
. From
this
regards, it seems quite logical that visiting a
country
or working there is the main reason
people
learn
a second
language
. In my
country
, most of the
people
learn
English and Spanish while almost none
learn
Russian. Migration and
job
prospects are the reason that has established this trend, I believe.
On the contrary
, research indicates that cognitive development happens faster among children
who
learn
a second
language
than those
who
do not.
Furthermore
,
learning
a second
language
is mandatory in an academic syllabus and this
helps
us understand diverse cultural and traditional aspects.
People
who
know more
languages
are capable of reading more books, and understanding the lifestyle of
different
nationalities. Again,
learning
a
foreign
language
helps
us
make
new friends.
Thus
it is evident that
learning
a
foreign
language
has
many
other benefits
as well
.
In conclusion
, there is no denying the fact that
people
primarily
learn
a
foreign
language
to travel to or work in a developed
country
.
But
it is quite evident that there are far
many
advantages of
learning
a
foreign
language
than to work or migrate to a
country
.