There are a lot of reasons to want to learn another language. Perhaps you want to visit another country without worrying about having to translate things or maybe you just want to learn it because you like the way it sounds. Whatever the reasons, learning another language can open countless opportunities!
– Enhancing your career.
Furthering your career is just one of the things learning Spanish can do! By adding this language to your resume, you could easily open up doors that lead to travel and job options you might not of even considered before!
– Giving you something completely different to explore!
Learning Spanish (or any other second language) can add something new and exciting to your everyday life. It gives you the chance to learn something new. Once you gain some confidence in what you’ve learned, it can open the chance to meet new friends, visit new restaurants and clubs, make new business connections or maybe even meet a new beau!
– Connect to another culture.
Learning Spanish will give you the chance to connect to another culture! Once you start learning the language, you can start enjoying their books, tv shows, music and all sorts of other things! Gaining access to all of this will give you a real insight of the culture and all of the cool things it has to offer.
– Travelling.
Learning Spanish can open travel opportunities! Learning the language gives you the chance to travel to places like Spain, Cuba, Ecuador or even México! without having to pack around a translating dictionary everywhere you go. This also means if you have a work visa, it will be easier to find work opportunities because you already know the local language!
– No more subtitles.
If you enjoy foreign films of any kind, then you have likely seen at least one with terrible English subtitles. Those subtitles might have even ruined the whole show for you. Well if you learn the language then you don’t have to worry about badly translated subtitles anymore!
– Prove to yourself that you can do it.
Even if all these reasons weren’t enough to encourage you to try learning Spanish, maybe this one will be. People have been known to come up with every excuse under the sun for why they can’t do something. “I’m too old to learn Spanish”, “I’m not smart enough to learn Spanish”, “Oh I don’t have the time!”. With all these excuses available it’s easy to fall into that pit and talk yourself out of even trying. Don’t do it! Anyone can learn Spanish! Tell yourself you can learn this language, and then prove it! If nothing else, you now have something to brag about and the next time you hear someone making excuses you can say “Well I did it!”. Maybe you could even offer to help get them started.
These are just a few of the many opportunities you can find by learning Spanish. It’s a beautiful language and there’s so many reasons to learn it! I hope this article gave you the last push of encouragement you needed to get started! Don’t think it too much, people is awful nice and as much as you want to connect with them they want to know you too.