Although some people think that people should learn a foreign language only when they are intended to work in or travel to a foreign country, others believe, these are not the only reasons for someone to learn a foreign language. I don't think necessity is the only reason for learning a particular language, whereas, there are many factors responsible for it.
The number of people working in or travelling to foreign countries has increased exponentially in the past few years. This made it necessary for people to learn new languages to communicate with local people over there. When they return to their home countries, they switch back to their native tongue and seldom get a chance to talk to someone in the foreign language they have learned. Basing on this, people concluded that it is unnecessary to learn a language when they are not related to that particular nation, either in terms of work or travel. To illustrate, a friend of mine stayed for four years in China for graduation, while staying there he struggled a lot to learn Mandarin and after years of practice, he got fluent in it. However, after graduation, when he got back to India he never found a single person to talk to in Chinese, realizing his effort going in vain always makes him sad.
Learning any language is completely dependent on people's personal interest. Some of them who are fond of linguistics, foreign literature and ancient history learn multiple languages without any intention of visiting those countries. With the help of the internet, they can easily access journals and books of various countries staying right where they are. They don't believe in the notion that, there should be a reason or a need to learn a particular language. For instance, there are numerous groups in social networking sites with people from all around the globe learning different languages, diverse cultures, literature etc. , helping out each other in experiencing the beauty in the diversity of the world. Some people even think knowing more languages can actually rationalize and accentuate one's thoughts or ideas. For example, according to some recent surveys, multilingual persons are found to be more creative and artistic than people who speak only in their mother tongue.
In conclusion, you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink, hence, it is up to the individual, whether to learn a language or not, with or without a reason. In my opinion, the benefits of learning a language outweigh the struggle put into learning it.
Although
some
people
think
that
people
should
learn
a
foreign
language
only
when they
are intended
to work in or travel to a
foreign
country
, others believe, these are not the
only
reasons
for someone to
learn
a
foreign
language
. I don't
think
necessity is the
only
reason
for
learning
a particular
language
, whereas, there are
many
factors responsible for it.
The number of
people
working in or travelling to
foreign
countries
has increased
exponentially
in the past few years. This made it necessary for
people
to
learn
new
languages
to communicate with local
people
over there. When they return to their home
countries
, they switch back to their native tongue and seldom
get
a chance to talk to someone in the
foreign
language
they have learned. Basing on this,
people
concluded that it is unnecessary to
learn
a
language
when they are not related to that particular nation, either in terms of work or travel. To illustrate, a friend of mine stayed for four years in China for graduation, while staying there he struggled a lot to
learn
Mandarin and after years of practice, he
got
fluent in it.
However
, after graduation, when he
got
back to India he never found a single person to talk to in Chinese, realizing his effort going in vain always
makes
him sad.
Learning any
language
is completely dependent on
people
's personal interest.
Some
of them who are fond of linguistics,
foreign
literature and ancient history
learn
multiple
languages
without any intention of visiting those
countries
. With the
help
of the internet, they can
easily
access journals and books of various
countries
staying right where they are. They don't believe in the notion that, there should be a
reason
or a need to
learn
a particular
language
.
For instance
, there are numerous groups in social networking sites with
people
from all around the globe
learning
different
languages
, diverse cultures, literature etc.
,
helping out each other in experiencing the beauty in the diversity of the world.
Some
people
even
think
knowing more
languages
can actually rationalize and accentuate one's thoughts or
ideas
.
For example
, according to
some
recent surveys, multilingual persons
are found
to be more creative and artistic than
people
who speak
only
in their mother tongue.
In conclusion
, you can lead a horse to water,
but
you can't
make
him drink,
hence
, it is up to the individual, whether to
learn
a
language
or not, with or without a
reason
. In my opinion, the benefits of
learning
a
language
outweigh the struggle put into
learning
it.