Monday, September 22, 2014
Why do you learn a foreign language?
This is the kind of question I have
been asked a lot and the one question I despise the most. People assume that
learning a language other than English is a waste of time and energy because
the majority of them think that with English alone you can communicate with
practically everyone in the world. This is partly true, but let us not
forget the vast number of people in other parts of the world who love and are
proud of their language that they prefer to speak in their own native
language than in English. For them a native language is an identity, a heirloom
passed down from their forefathers whose history goes back centuries. They want
to preserve it by using the language in their daily life so that they will also
be able to pass it down to many generation to come. So it is not unusual for
most of them to be in awe with your effort wanting to try to say few
phrases in the language that is close to their heart, the same thing can be
said with us when we meet a foreigner and he or she tries to say a few words in
Indonesian with an almost correct grammar and good pronunciation. Who wouldn't
be surprised and happy to see a foreign national speaking our language? right?
because I know I would.
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