Why Learn a Language?
Language learning helps you to develop self esteem and self confidence that very few other subjects can match.
An employer choosing between applicants knows that a person who has studied another language at school will have highly developed:
- flexibility of thinking
- sensitivity to other people
- perseverance and application
- an ability to see things from a different point of view
- ability to apply information gained in one area to another
- listening, speaking and memory skills
- excellent communication skills
- excellent co-operative skills
- excellent interactive skills
- enhanced understanding of other cultures
- first hand experience of the difficulties faced by people living in a different culture
Language learning also enhances accuracy, neatness, deduction and logic:
- it is important to use deduction to work out the gist from the clues provided
- it is important to be as accurate as possible with spelling and structures
- it is important to write neatly to avoid misunderstanding
- it is important to be culturally sensitive to avoid giving offence