benefits to learning a second language

Benefits of Learning aSecond Language

byJessica Harris

“Those who know many languages live as

many lives as the languages they know.”

- Czech proverb

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Expand your mind.

Social

Professional

Creative

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“If you talk to a man in a language he understands,

that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language,

that goes to his heart.”- Nelson Mandela

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❝Those who know nothing of foreign languages

know nothing of their own.❞

- Goethe -

Increase Professional Opportunitieshttp://www.flickr.com/photos/9199634@N04/8560227037/

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Improve Communication and Connection

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Broaden Travel and Culture

Improve written and verbal skillshttp://www.flickr.com/photos/95413346@N00/68534343/

Boost Innovation and Creativityhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/22118036@N00/2399076614/

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Hone Problem Solving Skills

Sharpen Memory and Cognitive Skillshttp://www.flickr.com/photos/86979666@N00/7623744678/

“Learning another language is not only learning different words for the same things, but learning another way to think about things.”- Flora Lewis

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Study at Home

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Sign up for a class

❝One language sets you in a

corridor for life. Two languages open every door along the way.

❞- Frank Smith -

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