subject: Increase Career And Travel Opportunities By Learning A New Language [print this page] Would you like to improve your career opportunities, help your business to succeed overseas or travel with more confidence and be able to enjoy the local life and culture? Then you could benefit from learning a new language.
Doors will immediately open to you when you learn a foreign language, leading to both social and career opportunities.
The ability to comprehend and speak another language is a massive bonus on your CV. Employers usually favour those with language skills as it not only shows that they are capable of appreciating different cultures and learning new things but it could also help their business to trade successfully in international markets.
With the language knowledge comes cultural appreciation for a different set of values, ideals and beliefs. Appreciating new cultures makes you more tolerant towards others and means you will work well within a multicultural environment, which again, is something that employers look favourably upon.
Opportunities to travel and socialise are also improved when studying a language. You can immerse yourself in foreign books, magazines, television and radio programmes and by doing so, increase the speed and depth at which you learn the language.
When you travel abroad, you will find it much easier to solve any problems which might arise during your stay as well as being able to locate the best places to visit, eat and entertain yourself (as recommended by the locals) if you can speak and understand even the basics of the native language.
If you learn a foreign language now you will be doing it at the best possible time - when businesses are looking to export their way out of the recession and rising unemployment means there is more competition for the jobs available. Learning a language will give you the competitive edge over your monolingual counterparts, develop new opportunities for travel and teach you something new about your own language - just give it a go if you don't believe me!
