Learning a new language is not like riding a bike, you cannot take months or years to learn something and expect to be able to pick it up and peddle away after 10 years of not doing it. You will need to exercise your mind continuously throughout the year to keep the language fresh within your mind and not set yourself back a year or two because you go lazy.
10 great reasons to learn a language abroad
- To understand and be understood
- To save your life
- To become smarter
- To show and gain respect
- To learn faster
- To get a better job or be better at your job
- To eat better
- To improve more deeply about a place and improve your cultural literacy
- To become a global citizen and make friends
- To grow and become a better person
Life is about the journey, not the destination. New experience will help to grow and become a better person. A person can learn so much about ourselves and our beliefs by living in a different country. There is an enormous cost to not knowing a language, whether you are currently employed or looking to be so after you graduate. Knowing or not knowing a language, deeply, can affect your job and income for life. To be honest learning a language can be difficult but practicing it on a regular basis will count. And while you may not know the right words in the beginning, trying, and learning is important, and locals appreciate and respect your effort. One should show respect to a culture by learning and speaking their language.
