East Asian Studies Program

Benefits of Foreign Language Learning

 Knowing a foreign language can 

•  increase your chances to meet new people and to broaden your social network;
•  facilitate cognitive development, creativity, and divergent thinking; increase awareness of one's own language and culture; facilitate learning of another foreign language; 
•  Enhance career opportunities
  • employment by foreign companies;
  • employment by export companies;
  • employment by foreign tourism;
  • employment in social services, hospitals, law enformcement, government, education...etc.;
  • employment abroad;
• Increase business opportunities
  •  business sales in the communities;
  •  business sales in international business;
• Increase travelling enjoyment;
• Open a window to a different world than the one you live in
  • power to appreciate other cultures;
  • power to participate in a foreign tradition and culture;
• increase the oppotunities for personal advancement
  • study abroad, including student/scholar exchange, graduate studies, and business internship;
  • Research programs;
  • Business trips.