Why Learn A New Language?

8/9/2012

In class, we discussed the benefits of learning a new language. Which of them is the most important to you?

If you could learn any world language, which one would you learn? Why?

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***This post is due Sep. 7, 2012***

25 Comments

Analiza Torres

8/17/2012 04:44:11 pm

Since I was very young, I was interested in learning new languages. I appreciated the differences in people and wanted to learn more about their culture through their languages. As I grew up, I also realized the opportunities that speaking more than one language provided. As an Air Force officer, I was often called upon to escort international military personnel and as a teacher, I am often able to help our own Liza families by interpreting (translating) during important meetings.

What other languages would I like to learn? I already speak Spanish, English and French, but if I had the opportunity to learn another language I would choose Portuguese, Italian or German. These languages are part of the Indo-European language family and I could become fluent faster than if I selected a language like Chinese or Arabic. I would also like to learn some basic American Sign Language (ASL).

Aria Wiegand link

9/6/2012 04:04:06 am

I think learning a new language is very important for multiple reasons. The reasons are communicating to a larger group of people, broadening your brain capacity and ability to learn, viewing the ways of others and the ways they live, and as me bing a Wiegand we travel around the world all the time and I think it would be awesome if i could understand more people and make them inpressed that I am atleast trying to show that i care about their ways of life.

If I were to learn a new language I would Italian because in the resent trip to Europe i tryed to translate some of the things my parents needed to know in order to get around and things I did learn were " Grazi" and "Dov'e il gabinetto?" it was very enteresting and sence then it has been on the top of my bucket list.

Jake Johnson

9/7/2012 01:04:13 pm

Diana link

8/18/2012 04:14:34 am

Yo voy a escribir mi comentario en español para contribuir a la clase. Yo quiero aprender portugués. Me gusta porque parecido al español y va a ser fácil aprenderlo. Otro idioma que a mi me gustaría aprender es italiano, pero pienso que el portugués va a ser más provechoso.

Grace Martelli

8/31/2012 11:50:27 am

If I could learn any new language I would want to learn how to speak Italian. I would want to speak Italian because that is part of my nationality and I am very interested in the Italian way of living. Learning a new language isn't just about speaking it it is also learning the culture and other things they normally due. I am a very big Italian even though I don't show it. In the end I would love to learn Italian and I would love to go to Italy.

Carli Gomez

9/1/2012 07:40:14 am

The most important benefit of learning a new language for me is that when you are trying to get a job, on your resume it will say you know one foreign language. That job may require that so, you may end up getting the job.

If I could learn a new language, I would want to learn chinese and spainsh more beacause they are both the most spoken language in the whole world. It would come in handy while traveling, escpecially in china and places where peolple speech spanish. I would like to learn basic sign language to. Maybe one day I will be a translator.

Jordan Huckaby

9/3/2012 02:41:01 am

It is important to learn a new language because of all you can do with your lanuge in the IB progam we run at school. We can visit spanish speaking countries with our second language and have conversations in spanish. In conclussin my favorite reason is that you have to due to the IB program.

Vivi Taylor

9/3/2012 02:51:41 am

I think the most important benefit of speaking another launguage is that some job requierments is that you must speak another launguage; so you could have a better range of jobs you could apply for. A new lanuguage I would love to learn is korean because one of my best friends speak korean and so dose her mom and I would like to be able to comunicate with her. But I do speak a little bit of korean.

Lucy Rudman link

9/3/2012 05:51:50 am

The most important language to me is Croatian. It reflects my heritage and many of my relatives still live in Croatia. If I could learn any language in the world I would learn spanish first. I already have the basics down and i would progress from there. I would continue to learn languages though, for traveling and job application!

Sara Petermann

9/3/2012 10:28:47 am

If I could learn a new language, I would choose to learn Spanish because a lot of people speak Spanish and I would be able to communicate with many people. I have also always admired the language and would love to learn to speak it. Also, a lot of people in Florida and the United States speak Spanish and it may come in handy for me to communicate with other people in the U.S.

Donna Zheng

9/4/2012 07:35:00 am

English and Chinese is the most important languages to me, I've spoken these two languages since I was very little. I speak English because I live in America, two, Chinese because it is part of my family and culture. These two languages are important to me because I use them to communicate with my family and the people around me. If I could learn any new language I would like to learn Spanish. I want to learn Spanish because it is a very common language. I already know how to speak the number one most spoken language, Mandarin, number two, English and I want to learn the third most common, Spanish. Spanish would help me in my future careers and travel.

Mark Howard

9/4/2012 07:44:09 am

It is important to learn a new language to speak with those who are fluent in that language. If you learn a new language, you are more likely to land a job because of that skill you have in communicating with people from different parts of the world.

If I were to learn a new language, it would probably have to be Chinese or Russian because I personally think they sound interesting.

Madison Imm

9/4/2012 08:08:50 am

1. The most important benefit of learning a language, to me, is that it will help mein later jobs.

2. A language I would like to learn is German

Emily DeCocker

9/4/2012 08:22:09 am

The most important reason to learn a new language to me is because I want to communicate with more people. Also I want to learn more about their culture. If I could learn any language in the world I would learn Italian. I want to learn Italian because I've always wanted to travel to Itay. Also I wanted to live in Itay for a few years.

Floresha Pantlitz

9/4/2012 09:58:41 am

If I could learn any language in the world, it would be French because I have already learned some of the alphabet and want to learn the rest and I have cousins who live in Quebec and sometimes they speak to me in French and I would like to understand them and talk back to them.
The benefit of learning a foreign language that I think is most important to me is when your traveling, you want to be accustomed to a certain language so that you can speak with or reply to the people and when they are speaking to you, you don't make that confused face and make the people feel uncomfortable.

Riley Hanle

9/4/2012 10:14:01 am

The most important reason to learn a new language to me, is because when I grow up I want to be able to travel alot, and knowing different languages will help me when I am traveling.

Riley Hanle

9/4/2012 10:15:20 am

If I could learn any language, I would like to learn French and Spanish.

Dawnte Matthews

9/4/2012 10:18:48 am

You should be interested in leaning a new language because it can help you in the future.Such as, if you get a job and would like to communicate better with foreign customer so they can fell more welcome at your store or business. Now you can also learn different languages for traveling like if you take a trip to spain you would most likely meet other people who speak spanish. And you want to communicate with them hopefully.

The one I think is most important is the one for traveling because it can help you communicate with foreign people if you can speak another language fluently.

If I could speak another language it would most likely to be swedish or french maybe italian. I would like to speak swedish because that is where my nana's side of the family comes from. I would also speak French because me and my aunt always wanted to take a trip to Paris and it would be helpful. And i would like to speak Italian because i think it will just be fun to learn.

Alex Parsley

9/4/2012 11:57:54 am

I would like to learn Irish beacause I have some small Irish roots so it would be really cool if i would to learn it .Oddly enough I've asked them if they know any of my family in Ireland and they've said no.

Cristal De Jesus-lopez

9/5/2012 01:19:46 pm

El beneficio mas importante de aprender un nuevo lenguaje es poder comunicarme con otros.

A mi me gustaria mejorar mi ingles por que si yo busco un trabajo yo puedo utilizar mis dos lenguajes o me puedo comunicar con personas que hablan mi lenguaje.Por eso me gustaria mejorar mi ingles.

Kayla Lemak

9/6/2012 12:39:07 pm

I have been in love with Sapnish ever since I was 3. I was able to say whole sentences at 4 years young.I had always been in love untill I came to Liza. Everything was different. I had learned so much over there I was never able to do it over here. I came half way through third grade never thinking one they were still learning Como te llamas? I never knew it was so easy. It wouldnt be easy for me to switch to any other language, dont think I would like to. But since I have to it would be Italian or French or I dont even know. Probably French since its so close to Spanish, so I wish I could stay with spanish my whole life.

Ms. Torres

9/9/2012 12:56:41 am

I promise that we will move beyond Como te llamas? SOON!

Jake Johnson

9/7/2012 01:12:26 pm

I think it's good to learn a new language so that if youre traveling you can speek the native language and become friends with more than people who speek English.

I'v always wanted to speek Vietnamies because I have a buddy who's from there and I figure that once I learn 1 Asian language it'll be easier to learn other languages that are Asian.

Sterling Beales

9/9/2012 03:04:11 am

The most important benefit to me is if someone needs medical help, but they do not speech your laguage, you can use background knowledge of their language to assist them. The languages I have always wanted to learn are chinese because it is a popular language and japanese because most products, including mangas and video games, are made in japan

Madison Imm

9/11/2012 12:55:21 pm

This is the answer to the why. I would like to learn German because it seem like a fun language to learn. Ms. Torres, I am sorry I did not answer this before but I did not realize there was another question.

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