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Learning a Foreign Language

I’ve chosen to write on the significance of learning foreign languages. Being born and bred in Pakistan has given me a prearranged platform for Urdu to be my mother tongue. Fortunately in Pakistan we’ve English as a compulsory language from elementary school to higher education hence making it easy for us to learn two languages together. Usually educated people in Pakistan are capable of communicating well in English both as written and spoken. More overly English is universally spoken and is considered to be a bridge between most of the nationalities. It won’t be incorrect if we say that English has become a worldwide lingo over the past several decades. But learning English doesn’t eradicate the prerequisite of accepting other foreign languages. To stay monolingual is like restraining your literary growth. Also it confines your communication and wisdom by making you deny yourself the skill to fully realize and endorse the world in which we live. Learning a foreign language like Danish Language unlocks new opportunities and gives you versatility of behavior that you might never have experienced otherwise. Learning foreign languages improves your personality, professionalism and has an impact on ones socioeconomic placement. On a lighter note Urdu being a solitary language and not used globally is also a perfect blend of many languages spoken in sub-continent. Nowadays Urdu has many words of English used as original. Knowledge of another tongue gives the learner a bright chance to sweep inside the cultures belonging to that very language and the context of that personality with relation to the background of that nation. Presently I’ve observed that students who want to study abroad in countries like Denmark, Russia or Sweden are asked to learn their language at a basic level before joining their studies in these particular countries. It enables a person to involve in exchanging goods and services in these countries freely and confidently as language barrier is a big hurdle in the way or prospering in such places. Students can have a valid advantage by understanding political insights and correlating them with their own country’s political stands. It thus helps them to communicate the international situations and foreign news for a better survival in the global community. Every nation requires such individuals.

Another significant point is that organizations that plan to spread their business internationally have an ominous need for multilingual employees. For better competency globally, employers need people who can communicate in multiple languages without any hesitation. Their customers feel more comfortable and find them trustworthy to have business with.

As a true matter of fact it’s very apparent that learning other languages gives us a deep insight of other nations, their cultures and their economies. It can never hurt ones employability but gives them bright chances to understand their native language in a better way and also to penetrate in the corporate sector strongly.

Danish Language Insight

Learning a foreign language is always a challenge which takes a lot of commitment and time. Hence, not surprisingly, very few of us are willing to take up this additional burden. However, research shows that taking up such task at any stage of life improves learning skills, ability to function and adapt. Learning a new language also develops other life skills like coping fast changing world and handling unfamiliar situations. Additionally, it provides a lifelong skill to interact, understand and communicate with people from different cultures.

Recent survey of academic results of school going children in Australia has shown that children that speak more than one language almost always do better in school as compared to their monolingual counterparts. The enhanced problem solving ability and higher order thinking skills are generally observed in bilingual or multilingual children.

Career wise knowing an additional language is always a big advantage in today’s inter-linked global market. Almost all walks of life like engineering, medicine, management, retail and service sector etc. require communication in multiple languages at one stage or another. Knowing an extra language can open venues in new and advanced fields with improved possibilities of professional development. More importantly, the additional effort one puts in to learn a new language shows the willingness, ability and commitment to learn and enhance ones knowledge to excel.

While learning a foreign language one also gets a good insight into that foreign and new culture which enhances one’s ability to adapt and adjust. Hence, such exercise can prepare one for unforeseen complications and challenges in work environment. More importantly, it adds up the tolerance for diverse customs and lifestyles.

Having a career in the field of computer science, I have experienced that familiarity with an additional language may not always be a primary requirement for many jobs but having such ability definitely widens job market for job seekers in this field. By profession, I am a teacher and mode of teaching in most teaching universities is English. Even then, the faculty members with multilingual backgrounds have better ability to adjust. Such teachers can generally offer the required flexibility in class to accommodate students from different cultures and backgrounds.

New Language New Opportunities

There are always chances that knowing or learning another language will open up employment opportunities and it gives an edge over monolingual job applicants applying for the same job and selection procedures for a promotion or on awarding a new project.

Studying and learning a foreign language enhances a person’s ability to learn and function in several areas. They show greater cognitive development in the areas of creativity, higher order thinking and they show a great mental flexibility such as problem solving and reasoning.

In the modern time, the businesses have expanded all over the world and there is growing need of people with a second language competency. Public policy, publishing, advertising, scientific research, the travel industry, engineering, the field of education, international law, economics, scientific research and a broad array of other job sectors require foreign language skills.

In a way to effectively compete with global competitors, one must learn and adopt to deal with other cultures. Companies who have branches in other countries or deal with customers abroad, they have a dire need of multilingual or bilingual employees who can communicate in more than one language. Businesses that intend to compete worldwide need employees who can communicate with the people more easily and in their client’s native language to offer them more in depth details and knowledge about the products or services they offer.

Jobs advertised by the United Nations’ several missions always need for people with a great competency in native language of the area where that mission is located.

There are several reasons that knowing a foreign language can help in professional endeavors. Now people are focused in learning a foreign language that helps them best handle with foreigners due to globalization. This trend is helping young generation in helping securing better career positions and bright chances of promotion due to the performance enhancement.

There are always a varying demand for people with a second knowledge due to the change in global requirements of the businesses and changing situations and changing conditions all around the world. For example, in 2008 the foreign languages in high demand for FBI enrollment were Swahili, Urdu, Farsi and Bahasa Indonesian.

Future of Online Learning-Part 1

The last few years have generated an exceptional amount of promotion within the computer industry. Education over the Internet is going to be so increased. Online learning is now becoming a widely accepted method of training and education within schools, colleges and universities. Many countries invested heavily in the field of online learning and continue to increase their investments to achieve the goals of online learning. Some surveyors suggest that there are crucial lessons to be learned from many of the early adopters which suggest that good online learning is much more than just putting a program on a server.

Online learning is here to stay; there is no doubt about that. It will increasingly become a staple item in the training portfolio but we must learn how and when to use it to its best advantage.  Educational institutions are becoming more sophisticated with their use of training delivery and I believe there will be a blurring at the edges of many current recognized approaches. The ability to access and participate in learning without the need for a physical connection will bring immeasurable benefits in the future to the learners which comes result that truly being able to learn at anyplace, anywhere and anytime without attending the traditional class lectures and having no burden to spend more time in the institution which suitable for those learners who are employed and they have no more time to attend the class lectures. The web-based learning provides significant new functionality in transmitting information to the student and providing forums for exchange the views and interests.

Online learning may be more reliable for learners if it must be used correctly in order to ensure success.  Emerging technologies such as wireless, broadband, 3G etc. will certainly enhance the access and flexibility of the medium, and the quality of content must be of superior quality.  It is an exciting way of get education and information and certainly everyone to keep watching it.

Breaking the language barrier

Language acts as bridge which transfers your emotions, views and ideas to others. Language brings people of different cultures, communities, races close and hence create environment in which all work as a team. Just imagine if a group of people are communicating in French language, you will just watch their expressions and faces thus isolated from the topic they are discussing .This is hilarious and some time shameful situation when asked to participate .Well quite frankly I have faced such situation number of times while I was in Saudi Arabia, I was terrible in Arabic.
Learning English (universal Language) is as important as learning Danish to survive in Denmark or let it be like this way. Learning new language give strength to your learning skills will have number of words to pick and make your point very clear.
Learning new language helps one to build a fresh career either as teacher, language translator and interpreter,hospitals, news channels etc. Learning is always beneficial it never takes but gives.