Why you should learn a foreign language
Let me start by giving you a few pretty bad reasons for learning a language. 1) To get return on investment / to get rich If you think about the length of time it takes to learn a language up to a functional business level with good comprehension of what people are saying to and calculate the time or cost to get to that level compared to the extra salary or money that you could get from it, then most of the time you’ll find the ROI of learning a foreign language is quite low. Knowing another language may bring benefits or opportunities, but it might take many years to get any real financial benefits. If you’re only thinking about long term business, it’s far more convenient to hire an interpreter for important situations. 2)Just to pass a test Yes, you might need a good TOEFL or IELTS score to get into a university, but this is a pretty short term benefit of learning a language. You still need to be able to benefit from the course when you get to the country, be able to rese...