How does speaking a second langauge make you better? How does it affect our culture?
2007-03-19 19:41:24 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
Smarter, more well-rounded, higher earning potential ....
These are all things that are better.
2007-03-19 20:02:27 · update #1
it makes more neuron connections in your brain. more neurons, the less likely you are to have Alzheimer's when you are old.
2007-03-19 19:44:03 · answer #1 · answered by Liz 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I don't know about your use of the word "better," but in general knowledge is power.
Being bilingual can help you find a job and get paid a higher salary. It can help you help others. It provides you with new perspectives, making you more well rounded, affecting the lives around you more positively. America has always been a land of many languages. How it affects our culture is a long one...
2007-03-19 19:47:09 · answer #2 · answered by annc 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Being in California, bilingual benifits means to me: being able to speak to illegal aliens. Helping illegal aliens to live in this country while not paying taxes, helping them to take advantage of our health care system (benifits to them not you). It means people learning a second language in their own country because lazy people come here and don't want to be bothered to have to learn the language of the land themselves. It doesn't make you better, it makes you useful to those people. Sure you can get a job or a buck an hour more for being able to speak another countries' language, but at what cost to this countries security, culture, tax base, healthcare, ect.
2007-03-19 20:09:44 · answer #3 · answered by not 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You defenetly get paid more especially here in California. Since the second most popular language is Spanish. A great way to increase your pay.
2007-03-19 19:44:00 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It does not make you better. But it does make you smarter and often more effective in communications. Not to mention the convenience it affords in the nation whose language you speak.
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2007-03-19 20:00:04 · answer #5 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
for me I could have more friends... and it's better in some ways especially workplace... when your other language is needed.
2007-03-19 22:05:49 · answer #6 · answered by duffy_dev 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Does Bi Lingual mean
.....You can talk dirty in 2 languages to either sex
2007-03-19 20:01:27 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
IT DOESN'T MAKE YOU BETTER, IT JUST IMPROVES THE WAY PPL LOOK AT YOU AND YOUR CHANCES OF SUCCEEDING.
2007-03-19 19:44:53 · answer #8 · answered by felina_rebulera 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you can be a translator
2007-03-19 19:44:13 · answer #9 · answered by Raymond B 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋