How does learning a foreign language promote individual growth?
Learning a foreign language has a positive effect on intellectual growth and enhances mental development, giving you more flexibility and analytical capacity in thinking, greater sensitivity to linguistic and cultural issues, a better ear for listening and a more effective acquisition of life skills. Foreign language study also co-relates to a higher understanding of one’s own native language and its intricacies. Another obvious advantage of knowing more than one language is having direct access to additional bodies of knowledge. Individuals who speak and read more than one foreign language have the ability to read more literature, understand original philosophical doctrines and benefit more fully from travel to other countries.
