Language Lab
Benefits of Multilingualism
Why learn another language?
- (The list from this website is outlined below)
- Connect!
- Advance your career
- Feed your brain
- Deepen your connection to other cultures
- See the world -- increase your chances of living/studying abraod
- Navigate the Internet like a native speaker
- Become a polyglot
- Boost your confidence
- Strengthen your decision making
- Gain a broader perspective
- Learning a new language boosts cognitive functions. A 2013 study published in International Journal of Bilingualism found that bilingual students tested higher than monolingual students in 鈥渃ognitive control and problem-solving ability.鈥
- Learning a new language enhances and improves memory. The Scandinavian Journal of Psychology notes that 鈥渂ilingualism creates advantages in terms of cognitive abilities (including memory).鈥
- Learning a new language expands your mind and worldview. It opens you up to new cultures and to the fruits of diversity.
- Speaking a second or third language will boost confidence and increase self-esteem.
- In a globalizing world, knowing a second or third language gives you an advantage career-wise.
According to Auburn University, 鈥淔our out of five new jobs in the US are created as a result of foreign trade,鈥 so your 鈥渕arketable skills in the global economy are improved if you master another language.鈥
Announcements
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