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Why Learn a New Language?

Education and Career
Even before you enter the working world, having language study on your academic records will give you an edge over others when applying for tertiary courses or post-graduate studies. Upon joining a highly competitive job market, you will need to arm yourself with every advantage to stay ahead in the rat race. Being conversant in multiple languages can give a vital boost to one's career choices and salary potential.

In the global economy of today, businesses work hand-in-hand with companies located in various countries throughout the world. This trend translates into a fast growing demand for multilingual personnel. Organisations, especially multinational companies, value employees with knowledge of foreign languages, as they are able to facilitate communication and transactions with potential clients or customers who are of different ethnicities and cultures.

Knowing another language improves one's employment opportunities in almost every major industry, both in the public and private sectors. A few examples include the government, military, law enforcement, health-care, social services, tourism, education and marketing communications.

Self-Improvement
While a foreign love interest may have spurred you to become articulate in his/her native tongue, studying a new language offers you much more than just an alternative mode of verbal communication. The process of learning and understanding a language promises expansion of both one's mind and knowledge!

Scientific studies have repeatedly revealed that studying a foreign language can improve your analytic and interpretive capacities as well as creative thinking skills. The enhancement of one's mental faculties as a by-product of language learning is further highlighted by a survey conducted on American children. The results showed that students who had studied a second language generally performed better academically.

Another amazing gift from acquiring a new language is the broadening of personal horizons through exposure to another culture. Language is intertwined with culture, so you inevitably discover more about a race of people simply by studying their lingo. This in turn sharpens your sensitivity to cross-cultural diversity and allows you to appreciate the distinct heritage that shaped each ethnic group.

In the course of familiarising yourself with a foreign language, you will also develop a better appreciation for your own mother tongue and its roots. This is especially true if a native English speaker studies Greek or Latin for example, since many English words originated from these languages.

Arts and Entertainment
A whole new world awaits your senses once you have learnt a new language. You can kindle your interest in the arts and music scenes by enjoying literary, dramatic, cinematic and musical masterpieces in their original languages.

The best translation can never do complete justice to a classic work of literature or screenplay; thus, reading or listening to it in the language it was created will present you with a more engaging perspective of the text and also the author's artistic style.

Travel and Dining
When you visit a foreign country, the travel experience is greatly enhanced if you are familiar with the local language. By being able to communicate effectively with the natives, you can truly immerse yourself in their culture and way of life. Needless to say, finding your way around will be much easier when you can understand the street signs or directions given.

Additionally, if you have a passion for indulging in cross-cultural culinary experiences (e.g. French wine and cuisine), understanding the authentic "maiden" name of a dish or beverage in the language of its innovation will definitely serve to heighten your affection and admiration for another country's gastronomic culture.

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Useful Language Resources

National University of Singapore – Centre for Language Studies
The Centre for Language Studies was established in 2001 to serve the foreign language needs of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and has today some 100 full-time and part-time faculty members. It teaches eleven different languages ― Bahasa Indonesia, Chinese, French, German, Hindi, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Tamil, Thai and Vietnamese ― to approximately 2,600 students per semester and thus helps them acquire a very valuable economic and social resource in today's world of growing globalization and internationalization.

The TOEFL Test - Test of English as a Foreign Language
The TOEFL test is the most widely accepted English-language test in the world. No matter where you want to study, the TOEFL test can help get you there.

The IELTS Test - International English Language Testing System
IELTS is the International English Language Testing System. It measures ability to communicate in English across all four language skills – listening, reading, writing and speaking – for people who intend to study or work where English is the language of communication.

Since 1989, IELTS has been proven and trusted worldwide to provide a secure, global, authentic and customer-focused test which measures true to life ability to communicate in English. More than 6,000 education institutions, faculties, government agencies and professional organisations around the world recognise IELTS scores as a trusted and valid indicator of ability to communicate in English.

The Japanese-Language Proficiency Test (JPLT)
The Japanese-Language Proficiency Test is conducted both in Japan and outside Japan to evaluate and certify the language proficiency of primarily non-native speakers of Japanese. The test is administered by Japan Educational Exchanges and Services, inside Japan, and by the Japan Foundation, outside Japan.