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Hi guys, so today i want to talk about five things that learning another language taught me.
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Uh the first language i actually learned was Spanish and then i went on to learn Portuguese and Italian.
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And if one thing learning spanish my first language taught me is it taught me the skills to learn other languages as well.
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Once i had an idea and i'd broken the ice of learning the first language.
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It gave me confidence and the background knowledge to then go and learn another language.
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Definitely the second language Portuguese and Italian was much easier, but then again perhaps this is because spanish is a similar language to those and that's why that was easier.
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I don't know
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But you let me know what your experience with this was as well
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Another thing that learning a language really taught me was to see the world in another perspective.
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So I'm originally from the uk from a little town called stratford-upon-avon, and through my life I really saw the world through that, okay.
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That was the center of my universe and although i watched tv and i traveled a little bit.
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I never really understood other cultures like I do now until i learn the language of those cultures.
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It gives you a unique perspective you're able to speak to the people from that culture in their original language.
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And it's going to change your world a little bit.
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And then another thing that learning languages taught me was to consume the media from those cultures as well from those languages.
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So when i started learning Spanish i was suddenly able to watch series and tv programs in those languages, and that let me understand the culture even better especially films as well were really really useful.
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And then i could also watch youtube videos.
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For example, I wanted to learn about Italian cooking, and I ...which i used to watch youtube videos about Italian cooking by english chefs.
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And then I soon found out that that wasn't the real authentic Italian cooking, that i had to go and discover this by watching italian chefs explaining how they cook their favorite dishes .
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So when you learn the language you can also learn about those local cuisines as well.
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And as an english teacher learning another language also taught me how to become a better teacher as well really.
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Because I could understand the problems that my students had.
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Because I understood their language and I could look at my language and see where the languages were different and i could understand how to help them with that.
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For example, when I was teaching Spanish, I knew that they used present perfect for everything.
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And I didn't really have this difference between the past simple and present perfect as english speakers do.
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So I understood how i could help them and that was really useful as well.
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Also being able to look at vocabulary, and understand where they misunderstand vocabulary .
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Perhaps there are false friends which they often use and i was able to look at that and help them.
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So that's something else learning a language...uh, i really learned from learning a language.
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But the main thing that i really learned from learning a language is that it's fun, something i really enjoyed and it became a hobby.
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Learning languages is really fulfilling especially when you can go out and use it with real people, and you can talk to real people as well.
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So if you're thinking about learning a language, if you're looking to improve your english, really do it.
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Because from my experience there are so many benefits.
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Enjoy. Make sure you subscribe and like this video and i will speak to you guys in the next class.