Why study a Modern Foreign Language



Why study a Modern Foreign Language?

There are all kinds of beneficial reasons to learn a foreign language. These include:

 

Communication

 

An obvious reason to learn a new language is to be able to communicate with the people who speak it. This includes both the people you meet when travelling as well as people in your own community.

 

Cultural Understanding

 

Speaking a new language helps you to get to know another people and culture, as language and culture go hand in hand.

 

Business and Careers

 

Speaking more than one language is a skill which will increase your marketability. Schools, Universities and employers tend to prefer candidates who speak one or more foreign languages.

 

Further study in a language can also lead to many, varied careers from working with MI5 to working in Marketing for an international company, from flying high as a member of cabin crew to event management at the NEC, from a high-powered job in recruitment to volunteering at the 2012 Olympics – the list really is endless.

 

Language Enhancement

 

Learning another language can help you to understand grammatical and linguistic aspects of your own.

 

Test Scores

 

As years of foreign language study increase, mathematics and verbal SAT scores increase. Children who study a foreign language often have higher standardized test scores in mathematics, reading, and language arts.

 

Other Reasons

 

Foreign language study can help to increase problem-solving skills, memory, and self-discipline.

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