| Why should you learn a foreign language? People | | | | opportunities as being multilingual makes you more |
| learn a foreign language for different purposes. | | | | marketable. You may also be able to move to a |
| Today, due to globalization and increase in travel, | | | | branch of your company in another country. This |
| being fluent in another language is very beneficial. | | | | is especially attractive if a better paying job |
| 1. MEETING PEOPLE | | | | becomes available there. |
| If you learn a new language you get to meet | | | | If you want a traveling job, such as a traveling |
| new people, make new acquaintances or build | | | | nurse, it is wiser if you can speak the foreign |
| new business prospects. | | | | language to communicate with your patients. |
| 2. TRAVELING TO FOREIGN COUNTRIES | | | | 5. EMERGENCY SITUATIONS |
| If you speak a foreign language well, you would | | | | You may need to get better medical attention in |
| definitely feel more at ease and comfortable while | | | | a country where English is not spoken. |
| traveling to countries where that language is | | | | 6. CULTURAL BENEFITS |
| spoken, and be able to communicate with the | | | | Having a second language helps someone learn |
| natives. | | | | more about new cultures. For example, the |
| 3. MOVING TO FOREIGN COUNTRIES | | | | impact of Spanish music and culture has increased |
| You might have to move to a foreign country for | | | | drastically over the past few years. That alone |
| a particular reason such as marrying into a family | | | | is a good reason to go out and learn Spanish. |
| from another country which speaks a foreign | | | | 7. MENTAL DEVELOPMENT |
| language. | | | | Persons who speak more than one language do |
| 4. JOB OPPORTUNITIES | | | | better in other academic fields. |
| If you have been thinking of getting a better job | | | | Whatever the reasons to learn a foreign language |
| outside of your country and do not speak a | | | | the bottom line remains that knowing a foreign |
| foreign language, you would definitely be | | | | language is definitely an advantage be it a better |
| restricted to English speaking countries. Learning a | | | | job, a better salary, and open doors to new |
| foreign language provides more employment | | | | opportunities. |