Practical knowledge of a foreign language will open up job opportunities in fields and activities such as travel, business, law, education, translation, diplomacy, social services, medicine and health care, immigration, journalism, publishing, agriculture, commerce and banking. Studying a foreign language also promotes mental discipline, as well as critical and analytical thinking. It also increases English vocabulary, word knowledge, reading and comprehension skills. The relationship between language and higher verbal test scores has been widely recognized. Studying a second language provides opportunities to study language-not just a language but language in the abstract.
Language structures one's view of reality.
So knowing a second language will expand a student's potential by doubling his or her view of the world. Another benefit of language study that is often cited is that it makes people more tolerant. It helps us recognize that our way of viewing the world and doing things is not the only way. Our contacts will increase and our understanding and acceptance of diversity will expand. Language and culture are intertwined.