Learning a second language has many benefits, including expanding one's mind and worldview. It can improve social and professional opportunities by allowing communication with more people. Learning another language also boosts cognitive skills like problem solving, memory, creativity and innovation. Being multilingual opens doors to travel, cultures and career prospects around the globe.

1. Benefits of Learning a
Second Language
by
Jessica Harris

2. “Those who know
many languages live as
many lives as the
languages they know.”- Czech proverb

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Expand your mind.

4. Social
Professional
Creative
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5. “If you talk to a man in a
language he understands,
that goes to his head. If you
talk to him in his language,
that goes to his heart.”
- Nelson Mandela

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7. ❝
Those who know nothing
of foreign languages
know nothing of their own.
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- Goethe -

8. Increase Professional Opportunities
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Improve Communication and Connection

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Broaden Travel and Culture

11. Improve written and verbal skills
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12. Boost Innovation and Creativity
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Hone Problem Solving Skills

14. Sharpen Memory and Cognitive Skills
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15. “Learning another language
is not only learning different
words for the same things,
but learning another way to
think about things.”
- Flora Lewis

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Study at Home

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Sign up for a class

18. ❝
One language sets you in a
corridor for life. Two languages
open every door along the way.
❞
- Frank Smith -

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