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Steve's Language Learning Tips, 7 Reasons to Learn Langauges

7 Reasons to Learn Langauges

I have, you know, indulged my interest in those languages and what's behind

those languages, and I have enriched my understanding of the world.

Hi there, Steve Kaufmann here, and today, uh, I want to talk about why seven

reasons why we should learn languages.

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Click on the bell for Notifications and if you follow me on a podcast

service, please leave a comment.

So while talking of podcasts, uh, I did a video recently, um, where I talked

about this podcast by Joe Rogan, where on two occasions he spoke about language

learning and one of the things he said was sort of if someone came from outer

space and saw that everybody on the planet uh, spoke a different language...

or he, he talks in sort of hyperbole, but everyone has nuclear

weapons and they speak different languages, and isn't that silly?

Of course it's not silly, and I wanna talk about seven reasons why it's

such a wonderful thing that we have different languages and why it's a

good thing and what the benefits are of learning a language, another language.

So the first thing is that it's extremely interesting.

People like to learn throughout history.

Progress in the world has come from people being curious about

things, wanting to learn things.

It's a natural sort of instinct that we have.

We want to understand things, we wanna learn things.

And so languages, learning languages is a very enjoyable thing to do.

It's basically a natural impulse that we have.

So that's reason number one.

It's an enjoyable thing to do.

Reason number two, learning a language is something that is available to all of us.

We don't have to have a special talent.

We don't need to be able to run fast or jump high or sing well.

We follow our natural instincts.

Instincts that we have from birth.

The ability of the brain to be stimulated and gradually develop new patterns to

cope with the experience that the brain is, is coming up against and finding

ways to deal with this new situation.

The brain can learn.

The brain is made to learn.

The brain is made to create patterns.

The brain learns slowly, but everybody's brain can learn, so it's enjoyable.

We can all do it.

Those are two good reasons to learn a language.

The third thing is, and I'm gonna check my notes here, is that learning a language

brings tremendous opportunities in life.

Success in life depends on our ability to find new opportunities, opportunities

that might relate to friendships, that might relate to business, that might

relate to, you know, learning new things.

If we know more languages, we will come across more opportunities.

That was my experience in my life.

It was through my knowledge of Chinese, Japanese, French, Spanish.

Uh, other languages, Swedish, that I was able to develop my business.

That's not to say that, you know, developing a business is the only thing

that matters in life, but it is true that the more languages you have, the

more opportunities will come your way.

Some opportunities may not be, you know, turn out to be valuable, but

if there are a lot of opportunities coming your way, the likelihood is

higher that some of these opportunities are going to be valuable to you.

So more languages, more opportunities.

Now I have my crib notes here becasue I thought this through ahead of time.

And yeah, so the next thing with learning a language is that it

helps you discover new worlds.

You know, I, I can't sort of overstate how rewarding it is for me now since

I've been learning, you know, Arabic and Persian and, and I'm going back to my

Turkish over the last three years really, and I can't speak them particularly

well, but through that I am discovering, for example, right now, I've bought a

bunch of books on, you know, central Asia, particularly a thousand years ago.

That part of the world, which we tend to think of as being in some remote

corner of the world, was actually in a way, the center of the world.

The center of learning.

And that learning was in languages that subsequently those people

there became Farsi speakers or Turkic language speakers.

But in those days, the languages were somewhat different.

But it's still through my discovery of Persian and Arabic and Turkish, that

I developed this interest in that part of the world and I'm discovering it.

And I've done the same with every language that I have learned.

I have, you know, indulged my interest in those languages and what's behind

those languages, and I have enriched my understanding of the world.

That's very powerful.

That's very rewarding.

That's another good reason to learn languages.

And, and you know, in a way related to this is the idea that learning

languages is a form of travel.

Why do people travel?

They want to...

they might go over the sunshine, but also people travel because

they want to see different places.

They want to see different parts of the world.

They want to explore different parts of the world.

Learning languages is a form of travel.

Uh, you can stay in your own home, and by learning these languages and connecting

to television stations in Lebanon as I have done, or connecting with people

in Iran, or people who have uploaded good content in Turkish on LingQ, for

example, where I'm going through these Baja stories in Turkish on LingQ.

You can travel the world through your study of languages.

So it is a form of travel.

And finally, the final point, the seventh point is learning languages

is very good for your brain because it is training your brain to develop

new skills and creating new patterns, uh, creating new neural connections.

And the more we engage in activities that help us create new neural connections

in the brain, the healthier our brain is becomes, and studies have shown that

people who learn languages are able to delay the potential onset of senility

or Alzheimer's or things of that nature.

This, again, is what Joel Rogan refers to in his podcast as the brain atrophy.

The brain is not gonna atrophy, but to the extent that you can stimulate the brain by

learning new languages, you are creating, you know, new networks, maintaining the

youth and flexibility in the plasticity of your brain, and all of that is good.

So, seven reasons.

It's enjoyable, it's available to everyone.

See if I can remember what I just said.

Available, so it's, it's enjoyable.

It's available to everyone.

Uh, it enables us to discover new things.

It brings us opportunity, uh, it's a form of travel and I know what I forgot.

And of course it's good for the brain.

And maybe this should be the last one, the one to end up on, the one that I forgot.

And that is, it helps you connect with new people.

It helps you find new friends.

You might be in an airplane sitting beside someone.

You can speak their language.

You might be traveling and you're in a restaurant, or you're in a museum, or

you're in a bar or wherever you are, and you strike up a conversation with

someone who speaks a different language.

And I have made friendships while traveling.

I have made friendships in Canada because I overhear someone speaking a different

language, a language that I speak.

I connect with them in their language, they're happy that I'm able to do that.

And we create a connection that could be a short term connection,

could be a longer term friendship.

So maybe I should leave on that, which is perhaps the most

important thing, but I forgot it.

I was, I was trying to remember my notes.

Maybe, maybe my brain is starting to atrophy.

Uh, it enables you to make new friends, new connections, all

of which is very en enriching.

So, uh, contrary to Joe Rogan who suggests that the world, we would be much better

off if we all spoke the same language.

I disagree, in fact, by learning languages and because we have

a lot of different languages.

If you learn languages, you cannot only connect with people today and

create new opportunities today and make friendships today, travel,

travel to the country today.

You also can connect with the past.

So if we all only spoke one language, we're kind of cutting

ourselves off from everything that went before literature history, uh,

documents from previous periods.

So it is in fact a wonderful thing to learn languages and

despite what you sometimes hear.

Automatic translation software is not going to change the fact that learning a

language is a wonderful thing to do for at least the seven reasons that I mentioned.

And I'll leave you with two videos that I did on the subject, uh, several

years ago on why learn languages.

Bye for now.

Thank you for listening.

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I have, you know, indulged my interest in those languages and what's behind ||||满足|||||||| ||||suis indulgé|||||||| ||||nachgegeben|||||||| ||||satisfied|||||||| ||||zaspokoiłem|||||||| Zainteresowałem się tymi językami i tym, co się za nimi kryje.

those languages, and I have enriched my understanding of the world. |||||丰富||||| |||||enrichi||||| |||||bereichert||||| |||||enhanced||||| |||||wzbogaciłem||||| Te języki wzbogaciły moje rozumienie świata.

Hi there, Steve Kaufmann here, and today, uh, I want to talk about why seven

reasons why we should learn languages.

Remember, if you enjoy these videos, please subscribe.

Click on the bell for Notifications and if you follow me on a podcast Kliknij dzwonek, aby otrzymywać powiadomienia, a jeśli śledzisz mnie w podcaście

service, please leave a comment. prosimy o pozostawienie komentarza.

So while talking of podcasts, uh, I did a video recently, um, where I talked |alors||||||||||||| Mówiąc o podcastach, niedawno nagrałem wideo, w którym mówiłem o podcastach.

about this podcast by Joe Rogan, where on two occasions he spoke about language über diesen Podcast von Joe Rogan, in dem er zweimal über Sprache sprach o tym podcaście Joe Rogana, w którym dwukrotnie mówił o języku

learning and one of the things he said was sort of if someone came from outer |||||||||||||||espace |||||||||||||||z zewnątrz uczenia się i jedną z rzeczy, które powiedział, było coś w rodzaju, gdyby ktoś przybył z zewnątrz

space and saw that everybody on the planet uh, spoke a different language... espace|||||||||||| kosmos i zobaczył, że wszyscy na planecie mówią innym językiem...

or he, he talks in sort of hyperbole, but everyone has nuclear |||||||夸张|||| |||||||d'hyperbole|||| |||||||Übertreibung|||| |||||||przesada|||| lub on, on mówi w pewnym sensie hiperbolą, ale każdy ma nuklearny

weapons and they speak different languages, and isn't that silly? 武器||||||||| |||||||||bête broń i mówią różnymi językami, czy to nie głupie?

Of course it's not silly, and I wanna talk about seven reasons why it's ||||stupide|||||||||

such a wonderful thing that we have different languages and why it's a ||merveilleuse|||||||||| tak wspaniałą rzeczą, że mamy różne języki i dlaczego jest to

good thing and what the benefits are of learning a language, another language.

So the first thing is that it's extremely interesting. Das erste ist, dass es äußerst interessant ist. Pierwszą rzeczą jest to, że jest niezwykle interesujący.

People like to learn throughout history. ||||à travers| Ludzie lubią uczyć się przez całą historię.

Progress in the world has come from people being curious about Postęp na świecie wynika z tego, że ludzie są ciekawi

things, wanting to learn things.

It's a natural sort of instinct that we have. |||||本能||| |||||instinct|||

We want to understand things, we wanna learn things.

And so languages, learning languages is a very enjoyable thing to do. ||||||||agréable|||

It's basically a natural impulse that we have. ||||impulsion||| ||||инстинкт|||

So that's reason number one.

It's an enjoyable thing to do.

Reason number two, learning a language is something that is available to all of us.

We don't have to have a special talent.

We don't need to be able to run fast or jump high or sing well. ||||||||||||||dobrze

We follow our natural instincts. |suivons||naturels|

Instincts that we have from birth.

The ability of the brain to be stimulated and gradually develop new patterns to |||||||pobudzony||||||

cope with the experience that the brain is, is coming up against and finding radzić sobie z|||||||||||||

ways to deal with this new situation.

The brain can learn.

The brain is made to learn.

The brain is made to create patterns.

The brain learns slowly, but everybody's brain can learn, so it's enjoyable. ||||||cerveau||apprendre|||

We can all do it.

Those are two good reasons to learn a language.

The third thing is, and I'm gonna check my notes here, is that learning a language

brings tremendous opportunities in life. |巨大的||| |tremendues|||

Success in life depends on our ability to find new opportunities, opportunities

that might relate to friendships, that might relate to business, that might ||||les amitiés||||||| które mogą odnosić się do przyjaźni, które mogą odnosić się do biznesu, które mogą

relate to, you know, learning new things.

If we know more languages, we will come across more opportunities.

That was my experience in my life. Takie było moje życiowe doświadczenie.

It was through my knowledge of Chinese, Japanese, French, Spanish.

Uh, other languages, Swedish, that I was able to develop my business.

That's not to say that, you know, developing a business is the only thing

that matters in life, but it is true that the more languages you have, the |compte|||||||||||||

more opportunities will come your way. |||viendront||voie pojawi się więcej możliwości.

Some opportunities may not be, you know, turn out to be valuable, but Some opportunities may not be, you know, turn out to be valuable, but Niektóre okazje mogą nie okazać się wartościowe, ale

if there are a lot of opportunities coming your way, the likelihood is |||||||||||prawdopodobieństwo|

higher that some of these opportunities are going to be valuable to you. ||||||||||précieuses|| wyżej, że niektóre z tych możliwości będą dla ciebie cenne.

So more languages, more opportunities. ||||opportunités Więcej języków, więcej możliwości.

Now I have my crib notes here becasue I thought this through ahead of time. ||||备忘录|||||||||| ||||copie|||||||||| ||||Spickzettel|||||||||| ||||ściąga||||||||z wyprzedzeniem|| Teraz mam tu swoje notatki, ponieważ przemyślałem to z wyprzedzeniem.

And yeah, so the next thing with learning a language is that it I tak, kolejną rzeczą związaną z nauką języka jest to, że

helps you discover new worlds.

You know, I, I can't sort of overstate how rewarding it is for me now since |||||||exagérer|||||||| |||||||przecenić||satysfakcjonujące|||||| Wiesz, nie mogę przecenić tego, jak satysfakcjonujące jest to dla mnie teraz, odkąd

I've been learning, you know, Arabic and Persian and, and I'm going back to my

Turkish over the last three years really, and I can't speak them particularly

well, but through that I am discovering, for example, right now, I've bought a

bunch of books on, you know, central Asia, particularly a thousand years ago.

That part of the world, which we tend to think of as being in some remote |||||||||||||||odległy

corner of the world, was actually in a way, the center of the world.

The center of learning.

And that learning was in languages that subsequently those people |||||||następnie||

there became Farsi speakers or Turkic language speakers. |il y avait||||||

But in those days, the languages were somewhat different. |||||||nieco|

But it's still through my discovery of Persian and Arabic and Turkish, that

I developed this interest in that part of the world and I'm discovering it.

And I've done the same with every language that I have learned.

I have, you know, indulged my interest in those languages and what's behind ||||满足|||||||| ||||||||||||derrière ||||zaspokoiłem||||||||

those languages, and I have enriched my understanding of the world. |||||wzbogaciłem|||||

That's very powerful.

That's very rewarding. ||récompensant ||To bardzo satysfakcjonujące.

That's another good reason to learn languages.

And, and you know, in a way related to this is the idea that learning |||||||liée|||||idée||

languages is a form of travel. |||forme||voyage

Why do people travel?

They want to...

they might go over the sunshine, but also people travel because

they want to see different places.

They want to see different parts of the world.

They want to explore different parts of the world.

Learning languages is a form of travel. 語学学習は旅の一形態です。

Uh, you can stay in your own home, and by learning these languages and connecting ええと、あなたは自分の家にいて、これらの言語を学び、接続することで

to television stations in Lebanon as I have done, or connecting with people ||||Liban||||||||

in Iran, or people who have uploaded good content in Turkish on LingQ, for ||||||||||土耳其语||| ||||||przesłane|||||||

example, where I'm going through these Baja stories in Turkish on LingQ.

You can travel the world through your study of languages.

So it is a form of travel.

And finally, the final point, the seventh point is learning languages

is very good for your brain because it is training your brain to develop

new skills and creating new patterns, uh, creating new neural connections. |||||||||neuronowe|

And the more we engage in activities that help us create new neural connections

in the brain, the healthier our brain is becomes, and studies have shown that ||||更健康|||||||||

people who learn languages are able to delay the potential onset of senility ||||||||||||老年痴呆 ||||||||||début||sénilité ||||||||||||Senilität |||||||opóźnić wystąpienie|||początek||demencja starcza

or Alzheimer's or things of that nature.

This, again, is what Joel Rogan refers to in his podcast as the brain atrophy. ||||Joel|||||||||| ||||Joela Rogana||||||||||zanik mózgu Dies wiederum bezeichnet Joel Rogan in seinem Podcast als Hirnatrophie. これもまた、ジョエル・ローガンがポッドキャストで脳萎縮と呼んでいるものです。

The brain is not gonna atrophy, but to the extent that you can stimulate the brain by |||||||||dans la mesure||||||| |||||||||||||stymulować|||

learning new languages, you are creating, you know, new networks, maintaining the

youth and flexibility in the plasticity of your brain, and all of that is good. |||||plastyczność mózgu|||||||||

So, seven reasons.

It's enjoyable, it's available to everyone.

See if I can remember what I just said.

Available, so it's, it's enjoyable.

It's available to everyone.

Uh, it enables us to discover new things.

It brings us opportunity, uh, it's a form of travel and I know what I forgot.

And of course it's good for the brain.

And maybe this should be the last one, the one to end up on, the one that I forgot. そして、おそらくこれが最後のものであり、最後にたどり着くものであり、私が忘れていたものです。

And that is, it helps you connect with new people.

It helps you find new friends.

You might be in an airplane sitting beside someone. |||||||obok|

You can speak their language.

You might be traveling and you're in a restaurant, or you're in a museum, or

you're in a bar or wherever you are, and you strike up a conversation with you're in a bar or wherever you are, and you strike up a conversation with

someone who speaks a different language.

And I have made friendships while traveling.

I have made friendships in Canada because I overhear someone speaking a different ||||||||entends|||| ||||||||podsłuchać||||

language, a language that I speak.

I connect with them in their language, they're happy that I'm able to do that.

And we create a connection that could be a short term connection,

could be a longer term friendship. |||||友谊

So maybe I should leave on that, which is perhaps the most

important thing, but I forgot it.

I was, I was trying to remember my notes.

Maybe, maybe my brain is starting to atrophy.

Uh, it enables you to make new friends, new connections, all

of which is very en enriching. |||||wzbogacające

So, uh, contrary to Joe Rogan who suggests that the world, we would be much better つまり、えーと、ジョー・ローガンが示唆する世界とは反対に、私たちはずっと良くなるだろう

off if we all spoke the same language.

I disagree, in fact, by learning languages and because we have |nie zgadzam się|||||||||

a lot of different languages. 多くの異なる言語。

If you learn languages, you cannot only connect with people today and 言語を学べば、今の時代だけではなく、

create new opportunities today and make friendships today, travel,

travel to the country today.

You also can connect with the past. 過去とつながることもできます。

So if we all only spoke one language, we're kind of cutting

ourselves off from everything that went before literature history, uh,

documents from previous periods. 以前の期間のドキュメント。

So it is in fact a wonderful thing to learn languages and

despite what you sometimes hear. mimo tego, co||||

Automatic translation software is not going to change the fact that learning a

language is a wonderful thing to do for at least the seven reasons that I mentioned. 少なくとも私が言及した7つの理由から、言語は素晴らしいことです.

And I'll leave you with two videos that I did on the subject, uh, several

years ago on why learn languages.

Bye for now.

Thank you for listening. |dziękuję ci||