Thursday, December 5, 2013

Cause and Effect - Knowing a Foreign Language

KNOWING A FOREIGN LANGUAGE
            Language is the basic way of communication with other people. In today’s world, it is a milestone to know about other cultures and get more intellectual. Compared to others, people who know at least one foreign language is always one step ahead. They have the ability of thinking in a more sophisticated way, and they have a wider view of life. To open up the importance of knowing a foreign language, there are lots of causes and effects of it which can be easily observed.

            First, people who know a foreign language is always more advantageous than who do not know. If a person knows at least one foreign language, he or she may have chance of getting a better job. To illustrate, nowadays, most of the companies require employees who are good at their second language. Also, these employees who know foreign languages earn more. At the same time, by earning more, these people can invest their future life. In other words, it can be said that they guarantee their and their children’s tomorrow by investing their future.

            Secondly, knowing a foreign language makes people more intellectual. Every culture has its own unique value and history. If they go to a foreign country, they interact with other cultures, and they can find their interests in these cultures. Through this way, they can make new friends and make their view of life wider. By the way, they have the chance of comparing their own cultures with the other foreign ones which also can make them intellectual in empathy.

            Additionally, there are also effects as many as causes. These effects are more crucial than causes, for they are directly connected to the development of a intellectual person.



            First, as a result of knowing a foreign language, one becomes a more social person. By communicating with other people, people can get wider their life perspectives. People who know foreign languages get into interaction with more people without any hardship. Even, possibility of feeling lonely and desperate is decreased.

            As another effect, people can accumulate more knowledge about whole world. Namely, they can collect information from every culture they keep in touch. Through this way, as I said, they become more intellectual. They can analyze their own life in a better way, while comparing other cultures with theirs. As a result, by collecting information all around the world and becoming intellectual, they see the life itself from different perspectives.

            As a consequence, learning foreign languages is very significant for us all. There are many causes like employment, getting a better life, and being intellectual as well as effects. It helps not only us but also our country and the world. In a nutshell, we can easily see that knowing a foreign language has lots of benefits and advantages.


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