hi guys so today i want to talk about five things that learning another language taught me
uh the first language i actually learned was spanish and then i went on to learn portuguese and
italian and if one thing learning spanish my first language taught me is it taught me the
skills to learn other languages as well once i had an idea and i'd broken the ice of learning
the first language it gave me confidence and the background knowledge to then go and learn another
language definitely the second language portuguese and italian was much easier but then again perhaps
this is because spanish is a similar language to those and that's why that was easier i don't know
but you let me know what your experience with this was as well another thing that learning a language
really taught me was to see the world in another perspective so i'm originally from the uk from
a little town called stratford-upon-avon and through my life i really saw the world through
that okay that was the center of my universe and although i watched tv and i traveled a little bit
i never really understood other cultures like i do now until i learn the language of those cultures
it gives you a unique perspective you're able to speak to the people from that culture in their
original language and it's going to change your world a little bit and then another thing that
learning languages taught me was to consume the media from those cultures as well from those
languages so when i started learning spanish i was suddenly able to watch series and tv programs in
those languages and that let me understand the culture even better especially films as
well were really really useful and then i could also watch youtube videos for example i wanted
to learn about italian cooking and i which i used to watch youtube videos about italian cooking by
english chefs and then i soon found out that that wasn't the real authentic italian
cooking that i had to go and discover this by watching italian chefs explaining how they
cook their favorite dishes so when you learn the language you can also learn about those
local cuisines as well and as an english teacher learning another language also taught me how to
become a better teacher as well really because i could understand the problems that my students had
because i understood their language and i could look at my language and see where the languages
were different and i could understand how to help them with that for example when i was teaching
spanish i knew that they used present perfect for everything and i didn't really have this
difference between the past simple and present perfect as english speakers do so i understood
how i could help them and that was really useful as well also being able to look at vocabulary
and understand where they misunderstand vocabulary perhaps there are false friends which they often
use and i was able to look at that and help them so that's something else learning a language
uh i really learned from learning a language but the main thing that i really learned from learning
a language is that it's fun something i really enjoyed and it became a hobby learning languages
is really fulfilling especially when you can go out and use it with real people and you can talk
to real people as well so if you're thinking about learning a language if you're looking to
improve your english really do it because from my experience there are so many benefits enjoy
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