- Improve the understanding of the native language.
Only when we start to learn a new language, we can realize the importance of origin and foundation of our own language. Because we all grew up speaking our own native language and never thought about the structure of sentences or how each syllable is pronounced. After taking this class and studying different languages, I have a broader understanding of linguistic and began to be interested in how Chinese developed. I would like to further research the history of the development of Chinese and to know the correlation between the language, the society, and the culture.
I believe learning new languages will significantly improve your native languages and other languages’ grammar, reading, vocabulary, and oral skills. Also, I found I could pick up a new language faster and faster by studying more and more languages. It’s like after playing basketball for a lifetime, you can learn to play volleyball, and then you can use volleyball skills to improve the basketball level.
- Improve the ability to focus
In a study published in the online journal, researchers asked people who can speak multiple languages to do text comprehension tasks and use functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) for observation. The results show that people who can speak multiple languages are better at filtering out contradictory words than people who can only speak one language. This ability not to focus on contradictory words is useful in preventing distraction and focusing on the task at hand. I think after learning several languages, my capability of dealing with multi-tasks increased a lot. And I can translate languages faster.
- Faster learning
I believe language learning can be applied directly to anything we want to learn. When you learn a new language, your memory will also improve. Absorbing and retaining more information can significantly shorten your learning curve because you spend more time mastering new information rather than relearning what you have learned.
- Learning a new culture and having more in-depth thinking
Language learning is not only to communicate in a foreign language but also to experience a new culture. Communication with more people from different countries and cultures is the core of language learning. In order to practice and improve your new language, you need to study with a native language teacher, such as my language partner or watching the movie. In this way, you can improve your ability to learn this language. It's like riding a bike. You have to go cycling yourself, not just watch the video of cycling tutorial, but watch it as part of the whole process. Also, when studying a new language, I talked much more than when I did not because I need to communicate and learn. I also need to communicate my feelings and experiences with classmates, which made me have lots of deep thinking. When we exchanged our ideas, we all improved and broadened our ways of thinking
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