Nowadays people try to learn different foreign languages. However, some suppose that being multilingual is not so important and people can do without knowing many languages. In spite of this statement, today many people are experts in more than one language and they keep on learning new languages. Some people do it for the sake of hobby and some do it because their profession demands it. But apart from these two what are the other advantages of being multilingual?
The more languages a person speaks the more chances he/she has to get a well-paid job and make more money. Indeed, a person with two or more languages will have a wider choice of jobs, it gives him/her additional valuable skills. As companies become more and more international there is a need for multilinguals in media, sales, marketing and customer services. Thus, job opportunity is the reason why some students prefer to master another language. "It definitely opens doors for different jobs," said Megan Odom, a coordinator at the Career Center. "You become a better candidate for the job." Moreover, the benefit of being able to communicate abroad with people in different countries is priceless. So there are growing economic advantages of being multilingual.
Languages open the door for diversity. We have become a global environment, and it gives a person the ability to interact with different people and cultures. Language is highly connected to culture and ethnicity. While learning a foreign language, a person has an opportunity to study the national character of its native speakers, their costumes and traditions. Furthermore, a multilingual person has an access to different worlds of experience. With a language come idioms and sayings, folk stories and history, poetry, literature and music, both traditional and contemporary. Reading and writing in more than two languages means that a multilingual person can enjoy literature in original languages. This can create a deeper understanding of...