We will talk about 3 important reasons to learn Spanish this year.
Learning a foreign language is always a great mental exercise.
It keeps your brain healthy, malleable and helps you expand your view of the world by immersing yourself in a different culture.
However, even if learning any language will help you keep a healthy mind, not every language will necessarily be useful for you.
This takes us to the first and most important reason to learn Spanish.
It is useful!
According to vistawide.com, there are approximately 350 million native Spanish speakers worldwide.
As one of the most widely spoken languages in the world, speaking it will open countless opportunities either for work or travel.
We live in a globalized world with millions of people interacting with each other.
The demand for a multilingual workforce will not stop anytime soon.
You are reading 3 reasons to learn Spanish.
Usually, these workers have an edge over their monolingual counterparts.
As companies would rather have someone that has already been through the lengthy process of learning, than paying for it themselves.
Regardeless of what you do, it is almost certain that having a second language will somehow boost your career.
The second reason to learn Spanish is:
It’s easy!
Is this a good reason to learn a language?
Yes, if you are not already multilingual, chances are it is better for you to start with a comparatively easy language.
This will improve your chances of success and motivate you to keep learning.
If you already speak English and know the Latin alphabet, learning Spanish will be considerably easy for you.
Of course, everything needs a certain amount of effort, time and practice.
Compared to the other fastest-growing languages in the world such as Mandarin, Hindi, and Indonesian. Spanish is definitely easier.
Besides in Spanish and English have a good amount of cognates (words that are written exactly the same and have the same meaning).
On top of that, the amount and quality of opportunities to practice it are gigantic.
Needless to say that you do need to memorize stuff, practice, and study, just like with anything else.
The hardest part in Spanish is the very beginning, so once you have worked your way past that point it will be a smooth ride to the top.
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The third reason to learn Spanish is:
It’s fun!
Unlike other cultures, Spanish and Latin cultures are very open, light-hearted and fun.
This makes the learning process way easier, since it drastically increases motivation.
Motivation is one of the single-most-important variables for learning a language.
We are all born with the inherent ability to learn any number of languages we want.
The only reason we don’t speak them is because we haven’t had the need to do it.
Or we haven’t decided that we need to speak them, yet.
But I can assure you, if you were to be lost somewhere in the world where people don’t speak your language, you will quickly pick up a few survival phrases and words.
The secret is in tricking your brain into believing it absolutely needs to learn it.
Read ‘10 benefits of being bilingual‘ by unuhi.com
There is no better way of doing it than by immersing yourself in a country where they speak your target language.
Deep down, we all want to feel good with ourselves, and learning something that seems to be fun a practical is an easy choice to make.
Most people tend to avoid overly complex things, and having the reputation of being a light-hearted language has a lot to do with Spanish’s success.
We invite you to give it a try and dive into the Spanish speaking world!
We hope these reasons to learn Spanish are convincing enough and motivate you to start planning your next language immersion trip!
