June 20, 2007 at 4:16 am
· Filed under Brain and language learning, General language learning, Languages and the world
“In 1922, Ludwig Wittgenstein noted that “The limits of my language mean the limits of my world.” How relevant these words are today. The most obvious need for increased language proficiency stems from our inability to understand and communicate adequately with others with whom we have shared interests; and in a world of accelerating and unstoppable globalization, we have shared interests everywhere: consider trade, environment, safety and health, to name just the obvious.” read more benefits of language
The bottom line is a language is connected to the way you think. You actaully think and see the world different when you learn a new language. Not just for practical languages like you can experience another culture, but it physically changes your brain and you see the world in another way. I think it also makes you more intelligent. …”learning a second language have been proven to develop distinctive and improved perceptual strategies and more advanced processing in certain verbal tasks and abstract thinking.”
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