Learning a foreign language adds variety and flavor to your life. You begin to see the world through eyes in addition to your own. For example, take the word, self-control. In Spanish, it is called auto-dominio, (domination of oneself). Analyzing the Spanish version of this word adds dimension to your existing understanding of the concept of self-control. And to think, this is just one example. Experts know that at one time humans spoke one language, and did indeed have one set of words. This one original language was a parent to other languages. Because there are commonalties to languages, languages share traits and belong to certain families; for instance, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, French and Romanian. These languages belong to a family called the Romance languages and learning one of them makes it easier to learn another. German and English belong to the same family and likewise share similarities. In English we say hand, in German die Hand; in English house, in German das Haus; etc. It is believed that English is related more to German than to any other language. The kinship among languages is more strongly recognized when you learn even one foreign language and subsequently find it easier to learn another. www.BALLSpanish.com Learn Spanish with an Instructor-Led Online Course!
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