2007-03-08 00:32:08 · 16 answers · asked by john c 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
In order to communicate with people for one. Better jobs, enjoy the challenge, or hobby may also explain it.
2007-03-08 00:36:40 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Mostly because they feel they need to, because they have to either communicate with the rest of the world or be competitive once in the job market (which is part of a vicious circle in many cases). Then, you can learn a foreign language to know another culture, read literature and get a new way of thinking.
2007-03-08 08:37:37 · answer #2 · answered by supersonic332003 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I learned Spanish to be able to communicate with my family in Mexico. I also find learning foreign languages fascinating and essential in the modern world. I would like to learn a third language.
2007-03-08 09:48:10 · answer #3 · answered by Double 709 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, for me it`s really easy to explain this: I, for example, live in Romania, and, therefore, I speak the Romanian language. Have you heard of it? No, I don`t think so. That`s why we have to learn different languages: because I can`t speak Romanian with many people of the planet, so I have to learn some other languages in order to make myself understood. And somewhere about 70% of the world population has exactly the same problem as mine. And this is why we must learn languages.
2007-03-08 08:46:28 · answer #4 · answered by Grazzyana 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To be able to communicate better with the people in the world. To watch and understand foreign films and music. To show we care.
2007-03-08 11:12:32 · answer #5 · answered by 14 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Plain curiosity with regards to something different, exotic or just unique.
Of course, let's not forget the tangible benefit it brings, usually for economic reasons. The intangible benefit is the ability to interact with the foreign community better and understand its culture and traditions better.
2007-03-08 08:43:35 · answer #6 · answered by serenada 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They learn them to better comunicate with people who speak a different language.
2007-03-08 08:40:06 · answer #7 · answered by rustybones 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For many reasons, as an intellectual challenge, a need to communicate with a wider cross-section of the world's population, to connect with their ethnic origins, to make their travel adventures more independent, for their work. business- public relations or just because they are good at it and enjoy it.
2007-03-08 08:40:34 · answer #8 · answered by lizzie 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To answer questions in different languages in Y.A.
2007-03-08 10:41:16 · answer #9 · answered by jaime r 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To get a job in another country.
2007-03-08 08:44:28 · answer #10 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋