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2007-01-01 09:55:24 · 10 answers · asked by test u 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
I am an English Canadian, and I speak English and Japanese, as well as the French I learned in high school. The French has not been very useful, so I have forgotten most of it. The Japanese has been very useful, and got me a very well-paying job as an interpreter. It also helped me experience and participate in a culture so different from my own that I learned to see myself and my own culture in a new way.
I think being multi-lingual is useful if you learn something from it... I tend to be a thinker, and learning that speakers of another language (Japanese in this case) think in different ways has been mind-opening. I have never used my French enough to get that experience out of it, but I suspect that French speakers also see the world (society, human relationships, nature) differently than English speakers do. I am sure that is one of the reasons things get a little rough at times between the two here in Canada.
One of the first useful things I learned when I got good at Japanese is that common sense is only common to the people who share it! That little eye-opener helped me head of a lot of misunderstandings when I worked as an interpreter.
2007-01-01 10:17:36 · answer #1 · answered by Weekend Carpenter 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm afraid that all I can muster is English, broken Spanish, a few words in German (not many) and a couple words in French (literally) but as far as speaking fluently in any other language besides English, that's not going to happen (soon anyway).
2007-01-01 10:03:49 · answer #2 · answered by conradj213 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Two (English & Spanish). Yes, it is helpful. At work I speak with a lot of people, mostly in English, but around 25-40% in Spanish. Sometimes I also wish I knew Japanese.
2007-01-01 10:00:27 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I speak 2 and it's good to be multilingual,the 2 languages I speak are English,and Spanish.
2007-01-01 10:33:34 · answer #4 · answered by Deleted 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I speak two languages. It does come in handy when you are traveling. When you speak more than one language it helps when you are applying for a job. Employers like to hire multilingual speaking people.
2007-01-01 10:05:03 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I speak seven languages but to tell you the truth you need only one or two languages to get by. It took me years to learn English and I'm still not very god at it.
2007-01-01 10:00:03 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I speak 4 and it helps a lot specially if you travel or like to travel and it can help you some jobs positions
2007-01-01 10:04:52 · answer #7 · answered by Crucheau 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes 2 spanish and english i wanna learn french and itlian
2007-01-01 10:03:10 · answer #8 · answered by xo0x Adrii Babii 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i speak two fluently, and took classes in two others (but i'd need a good refresher in the other two)
yes it does help.
2007-01-01 09:59:52 · answer #9 · answered by Tina 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know four, & yes it helps a lot!
2007-01-01 09:58:47 · answer #10 · answered by *~SoL~ * Pashaa del Ñuñcaa. 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋