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| FROM Insead Admissions Blog: Parlez-vous français? |
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Had I known six years ago that I would attend INSEAD and slave away to pass an A2 level language exam, I would have refrained from throwing away my college notes. Learning French is no easy business, and I uncontrollably joined the whiners club, complaining about the difficulty of gender agreement rules. However, as the study hours progressed beyond 50, I started to see a different picture, and I started to appreciate this experience. Below are, what to me, the three main benefits of learning another language. 1. It grows your brain. Developing your brain is like going to the gym; the more you work out, the more toned you become. Even for a mediocre learner like me, learning French has improved my memory and thinking speed. Cognitive flexibility is a great thing, for a small price of being outside your comfort zone. 2. It gives you more insight into another culture. There is so much culture in a language, and the depth it embodies is what I find most intriguing. Simple things such as differentiating between ‘bon’ and ‘bien’ to me is as satisfying as admiring the Eiffel Tower. As a bonus, I like films, and being able to understand a few lines from Amélie is definitely a better experience than multitasking with the subtitles. 3. It makes you appreciate your own culture. I am born a Chinese and in the decade that I lived in English-speaking countries, I think in English most of the time except when counting numbers. I always suspected the math proficiency found in many Chinese has more to do with the language than the math. After going through the French numbers I see a trend emerging, because to count from 1 to 100, more new words are introduced in French (and English) than in Chinese. Each culture has its peculiarities, and I continue to develop new appreciation of my own heritage. In summary I would encourage anyone to explore another language beyond the beginner level. It’s an epiphany-guaranteed experience, so why not? |
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