The document discusses the benefits of learning a foreign language. It identifies cognitive, academic, communicative, economic, interdisciplinary, and societal benefits. Cognitively, foreign language study enhances higher-order thinking skills and improves listening and memory. Academically, it can lead to higher test scores and better performance in English-related subjects. Economically, being multilingual provides opportunities in the global marketplace and jobs that require foreign language skills pay more on average. Learning an additional language also fosters cultural understanding and economic opportunities within one's community.

1. LEARNING FOREIGN
LANGUAGE
By Komal, Nilam, Rakin, Rashmi and Pukhraj

2. HOW CAN STUDYING ANOTHER
LANGUAGE HELP ME?
There are many benefits in studying
another language!
 Cognitive
 Academic
 Communicative
 Economic
 Interdisciplinary
 Societal

3. COGNITIVE BENEFITS
How can Foreign Language study
increase critical thinking skills?
 Enhances higher-order thinking skills.
 It also improves our listening and memory skills.
 Recent research indicates that “The length of time
students study a foreign language relates directly
and positively to higher levels of cognitive and
meta cognitive processing” (Rosenbusch, 1995).

4. ACADEMIC BENEFITS
Can learning another language really
help me academically?
 As a result of improving critical thinking skills,
many who study a Foreign Language make
higher test scores!!
 Improves academic performance in English
grammar, vocabulary, reading and writing.

5. COMMUNICATIVE BENEFITS
Can learning a Foreign language improve my
communication skills?
 Learning another language can augment your
interpersonal skills
 It develops your ability to interpret, discuss,
interact and recognize patterns of
behavior/gestures/social cues.

6. ECONOMIC BENEFITS
How can learning another language benefit
me economically?
 Opportunities in today’s global marketplace.
 Research clearly shows that multilingual
societies have a competitive advantage over
monolingual ones in the area of international
trade.

7. MORE ECONOMIC BENEFITS
Being Bilingual could mean that you
 Have more job opportunities.
 Get a promotion.
 Have more opportunities to travel for business
purposes.

8. MORE ECONOMIC BENEFITS
Jobs on a global scale
 Makes you more competitive for jobs around the
globe
 By 1998 nearly all students in Europe had
studied at least one foreign language by 5th
grade
 80% of school-aged children in Asian countries
can speak at least one foreign language

9. INTERDISCIPLINARY
BENEFITS
How could a foreign language possibly
help me with other subjects?
 Geography
 Language
 Arts
 Math
 Culinary Arts
 History

10. SOCIETAL BENEFITS
Can learning another language help my
community?
 Increase one’s awareness of other cultures.
 Increases mutual understanding and meaningful
communication between nations.
 Those who can communicate in more than one
language will be an asset to their community.
 Creates job opportunities in other countries.

11. CONCLUSION
 Globalisation has dissolved boundaries. As more
and more individuals are interacting and
working with people from different countries and
cultures, it has become important to know and
speak different languages.
 And an added skill is always a plus and never a
negative. In today's world, it undoubtedly gives
you an edge over your competitors. And who
doesn't want that?