The Advantages of Learning a Foreign Language

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THE ADVANTAGES OF

LEARNING A FOREIGNLANGUAGEBOURENI GYMNASIUM SCHOOL, ROMANIA, 8thgrade


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Learning a foreign language boosts

brain power

A foreign language is a w!ole new

s"ste# wit! $istin%t rules& et"#olog"& an$#eaning& w!i%! are 'ust a few of t!e

%o#ple(ities of a language Learning a newone puts t!e brain to tas) b" re%ogni*ing t!isnew language stru%ture As t!e brain wor)sout #eaning an$ #a)es full use of t!is new

arsenal to e(press i$eas& it s!arpens s)illson rea$ing& negotiating& an$

proble#+sol,ing


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A person-s abilit" to #ulti+tas) is

$e,elope$

.eople w!o are #ultilingual are

pro/%ient at slipping fro# one

tongue to anot!er& one languages"ste# to anot!er totall" $i0erent

language #e%!ani%s


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1e#or" is i#pro,e$

T!e #ore t!e brain is use$& t!ebetter its fun%tions wor) Learning anew language stru%ture entails

fa#iliari*ing wit! ,o%abular" an$rules& an$ appl"ing t!ese #e#ori*e$infor#ation into %o##uni%ation


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T!e #in$ be%o#es )eener

A stu$" %on$u%te$ in Spain s!owe$ t!atpol"glots& or #ultilingual people& !a,e alertan$ )een #in$s T!e" easil" spot an"t!ing

t!at is irrele,ant or $e%epti,e T!e stu$" was%on$u%te$ %o#paring #ultilingual an$#onolingual sub'e%ts2 an$ t!e for#er notabl"

!a$ t!e e$ge T!e $is%ipline t!at t!e"

$e,elope$ in stu$"ing an un)nown sub'e%t!as #ol$e$ t!e# to be%o#e #oreper%epti,e T!us& t!e" learn to be %riti%al+t!in)ers


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T!e /rst language isi#pro,e$

A stu$ent of foreign language ise(pose$ to a w!ole new languagestru%ture an$ #a)es !i# #ore%ons%ious of ,o%abular"& gra##ar&%on'ugation& i$io#s& senten%e%onstru%tion& %o#pre!ension an$%on,ersing Learning t!is new

#e%!ani%s is usuall" $one'u(tapose$ wit! Englis!& or t!e /rst

Language


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.erfor#an%e in ot!er a%a$e#i%areas is en!an%e$

3e%ause t!e brain is #a$e to operate$i0erentl"& it $e,elops a ,ariet" of%ogniti,e s)ills Stu$ies s!ow t!at t!e

bene/ts of learning a new languagein%lu$e$ !ig!er s%ores onstan$ar$i*e$ e(a#s in #at!& rea$ing%o#pre!ension& an$ ,o%abular" b"#ultilingual stu$ents %o#pare$ tot!e s%ores of #onolingual stu$ents


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It #a)es a person #ore 4e(ible an$open to ot!er %ultures

Sin%e a language is a $oorwa" to a

parti%ular %ulture& learning a new language

enables a person to !a,e a broa$er

un$erstan$ing of t!at ra%e or %ulture Openingup

to a %ulture allows "ou to

be #ore 4e(ible an$

appre%iati,e of ot!er

wa"s of $oing an$ loo)ing

at t!ings


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Foreign language e(pan$s %areer

potentials

5it! uni,ersal une#plo"#entproble#s& a #ultilingual abilit" is$e/nitel" a %o#petiti,e e$ge o,er

ot!ers It is an abilit" t!at tells of aperson-s intelligen%e& 4e(ibilit"&openness to $i,erse people& an$

$e%ision+#a)ing s)ills


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It buil$s self+%on/$en%e

Self+%on/$en%e is a natural%onse6uen%e after su##ing allbene/ts of learning a new language

3" si#pl" #astering one s)ill& t!eot!er fa%ulties are $e,elope$


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It ai$s in self+$is%o,er" an$ self+

a%tuali*ation

Tr"ing to un$erstan$ a language an$t!e !eritage t!at goes wit! it will put"ou in a position of self+$is%o,er" It

#a)es "ou %o#e to ter#s wit! !ow"ou ,iew t!e worl$ an$ ot!er%ultures& an$ !a,e #ore appre%iation

of "our own In t!e en$& "ou %o#e toter#s wit! "ourself& too


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.ol"glots are seen to $ispla"i#pro,e$ $e%ision+#a)ing abilit"

T!e $e%ision+#a)ing abilit" be%o#esan easier pro%ess for #ultilingualpeople T!ere are nuan%es an$

,erna%ular e(pressions t!at astu$ent of language fre6uentl"

'u$ges for appropriateness an$

!i$$en #eanings

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