What Are the Benefits of Second-Language Learning?
Learning an additional language confers lifelong personal benefits that may include a deeper knowledge of the world, interaction with and understanding of a different culture, and direction for the development and expression of special interests. For example, if a teacher of an uncommon language such as Icelandic or Nahuatl happens to be available, study of one of those languages can lay the foundation for a lifetime of intellectual exploration and travel. The so-called dead languages can also offer appropriate challenges for the linguistically gifted child.
