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  • Hello, I would like 2 coffees, 1 Magnum and 1 Calypo. CA-LY-PO. You know, Calypo? Thank

  • you! Thank you very much. *sigh*

  • We've all seen it right? In a restaurant on holiday and there's a British family on the

  • next table talking very LOUDLY AND SLOWLY to the waiter because that way he will understand.

  • It's embarrassing. So without further ado, I want to encourage

  • you to begin learning a language today. Why? Well, we've already covered reason 1:

  • So you don't sound like a moron when you're on holiday. Next!

  • Reason number dos: Speaking a foreign language, statistically speaking, makes you more attractive

  • to the opposite sex...or same sex, whatever floats your boat.

  • Reason number trois: Learning another language makes you better at your own.

  • Yeah, when I was studying for my TEFL certificate, all of those hours that, granted, at the time

  • felt very boring, in French and Spanish learning grammar, and grammar, and grammar, and verbs,

  • and verbs, and verbs...hum. Well they came in very handy in helping me

  • understand what the heck my TEFL course was talking about.

  • Quote number 1: You can never understand one language, until you understand at least two.Geoffrey

  • Willans. Reason number vier: When you learn a language,

  • it's not just about learning words, but about culture and those nitty-gritty intricacies

  • that make the speakers of that language who they are. And that's what makes you smart

  • when you learn a language. Quote number two: Those who know nothing of

  • foreign languages know nothing of their own.Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Clearly I don't know

  • anything of his own 'cause I can't say his name!

  • Reason number go: Expand your list of potential friends. Roughly 5% of the world speak English

  • as a first language. That's not a lot of people that might share your love for 1930s stamp

  • collecting or making your own underwear...maybe... Besides, what about other language learners?

  • We're a friendly bunch, right? Quote number three: To have another language

  • is to possess a second soul. Charlemagne. Reason number liu: From the Alzheimer's Society

  • website, for I am no doctor. It is sometimes said that learning a language can help reduce

  • the risk of developing Dementia. Enough said. Reason number seitse: A quick Google search,

  • and I can say that 'cause it's YouTube, will show you just how much more bilinguals get

  • paid in comparison to monolinguals. Reason number lapan: If I describe you as

  • monolingual it makes you sound like a monkey...or is that just because I know the Spanish word

  • for monkey is mono...err...ok... New reason number eight: Your brain makes

  • weird connections like that. That's cool, right?

  • And that leads me nicely to reason numero...naw: it's fun!

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Hello, I would like 2 coffees, 1 Magnum and 1 Calypo. CA-LY-PO. You know, Calypo? Thank

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