Learn a New Language

A few weeks ago, someone in my country, South Korea, offered me a job for the summer as a private tutor. The woman wants me to teach English to elementary and middle school students. The amount of money she offered shocked me. It was more than the average Korean worker's salary and I am just graduating high school.
The ability to speak a second language brings a lot of advantages. More job opportunities and higher wages are only small part of them. It gives a person a chance to learn their native language again. Unlike one's native language, foreign language requires people to actually learn and study. Therefore, their language skills, especially grammar, improve. After learning a second language, people never look at words the same way again.

Eva Van Assche, a bilingual psychologist at the University of Ghent in Belgium found that when a person is reading in his native language, there is an influence of knowledge of the non-dominant second language. She said, "Becoming a bilingual changes one of people's most automatic skills."
Research has shown that children who know two languages can more quickly solve problems that involve misleading cues. Scientists also found that children who know two languages have a more flexible brains, which makes them better at multitasking. As they grow up, their brains show better "executive control," a system key to higher functioning, which is the most important part of one's mind.
Westminster Christian School offers Spanish class. This is because it is one of the most beneficial languages to learn. Economically speaking, Spanish speakers are a gigantic and rapidly growing market, especially for people who live and do business the United States. Knowing Spanish will make you attractive to employers, as they often pay a premium wage for bilingual employees. Knowledge of the Spanish language will allow one to travel and open them up to a new culture, literature, movies and other arts.
Language reflects culture. Therefore, knowing other languages introduces new culture and makes that person have a wide view of the world. It is easier for them to see the other side of an event and be tolerant. Moreover, speaking two languages lets one learn his third language much easier and faster since he already knows how to learn a language.
Knowing another language makes you much more valuable in the workplace. Also, you look smarter when you speak other languages. Therefore, please concentrate during Senora's class and appreciate her efforts.

By Yoha Lee