{"id":5089,"date":"2018-07-02T15:40:28","date_gmt":"2018-07-02T13:40:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/intrawelt.com\/why-we-should-care-more-about-languages\/"},"modified":"2018-07-02T15:40:28","modified_gmt":"2018-07-02T13:40:28","slug":"why-we-should-care-more-about-languages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/intrawelt.com\/en\/why-we-should-care-more-about-languages\/","title":{"rendered":"Why we should care more about languages."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today is <strong>The European Day of Languages<\/strong>, did you know that? No? Many others didn\u0092t either.<\/p>\n<p>The celebration is an annual event that occurs on <strong>26 September<\/strong> and, to quote the European Commission\u0092s website:<\/p>\n<p>\u0093It celebrates the linguistic diversity of a continent with<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>over\u00a0<strong>200\u00a0<\/strong>European languages,<\/li>\n<li><strong>24\u00a0<\/strong>official EU languages,<\/li>\n<li>about\u00a0<strong>60\u00a0<\/strong>regional\/minority languages,<\/li>\n<li>and many more spoken by people from other parts of the world.\u0094<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Many member states of the <strong>European Union<\/strong> honour this day by hosting a series of events related to language either on 26 September or in the week that surrounds this day of multilingual, multicultural celebration. The <strong>UK<\/strong> has various activities planned, from workshops in different languages to sessions providing information about language learning. We mention the UK as an example here as it is a nation that is notorious for its lack of language learning. Recent years have seen a decline in the study of languages at GCSE, A-Level and University. Despite initiatives such as the EBacc (English Baccalaureate) that require certain groups of students to study a language, Colleges and Universities have seen a substantial decrease in students choosing languages and consequently the number of courses on offer, and sometimes the variety of languages available have been cut due to lack of demand.<\/p>\n<p>Whilst many Britons may think this is no cause for concern, we think differently. English may be considered the lingua franca in many situations and contexts, but there is no reason why we shouldn\u0092t learn a new language and a bit about the culture too. At Intrawelt <strong>WE LOVE LANGUAGES<\/strong>, so we have put a list together of why <strong>YOU SHOULD TOO<\/strong>!<\/p>\n<p>Learning a language:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>increases your job opportunities<\/strong>: as globalisation increases on a daily basis, so does the demand for bi- or multi- lingual employees<\/li>\n<li><strong>keeps your mind healthy<\/strong>: improves cognitive skills and may delay\u00a0onset of Alzheimer\u0092s and Dementia<\/li>\n<li><strong>enhances your travelling experiences<\/strong>: speaking the local lingo can go a long way; whether it leads to finding the best restaurant, making your travel cheaper or making new friends<\/li>\n<li><strong>can lead to life-long cross-cultural friendships<\/strong>: learning someone else\u0092s language is considered respectful and allows deep connections to be made<\/li>\n<li><strong>makes you better at decision making<\/strong>: studies show that solving a problem in one\u0092s second language leads to a more logical conclusion<\/li>\n<li><strong>improves your native language<\/strong>: everybody who has ever tried to learn another language knows it involves a lot of grammar and new vocabulary, but these skills are transferable to your native language too!<\/li>\n<li><strong>helps you to appreciate cultural diversity<\/strong>: open up door after door and learn things about cultures different to your own that you wouldn\u0092t be able to discover without knowing the language!<\/li>\n<li><strong>makes you more creative<\/strong>: whether writing, dancing, singing, acting, painting or engaging in any other creative activity, learning a language really helps!<\/li>\n<li><strong>is so much fun!<\/strong> Sure, there\u0092ll be ups and downs on your linguistic journey, but it opens so many doors and can be so enjoyable!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To learn more about the benefits of learning a language check out this TED-Ed video \u0093<strong>The benefits of a bilingual brain\u0094 <\/strong>with Italian subtitles (just in case you wanted to start language learning now\u0085 which you should!):<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MMmOLN5zBLY\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today is The European Day of Languages, did you know that? No? Many others didn\u0092t either. The celebration is an annual event that occurs on 26 September and, to quote the European Commission\u0092s website: \u0093It celebrates the linguistic diversity of a continent with over\u00a0200\u00a0European languages, 24\u00a0official EU languages, about\u00a060\u00a0regional\/minority languages, and many more spoken by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Why we should care more about languages. | Intrawelt<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/intrawelt.com\/en\/why-we-should-care-more-about-languages\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Why we should care more about languages. | Intrawelt\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Today is The European Day of Languages, did you know that? No? Many others didn\u0092t either. The celebration is an annual event that occurs on 26 September and, to quote the European Commission\u0092s website: \u0093It celebrates the linguistic diversity of a continent with over\u00a0200\u00a0European languages, 24\u00a0official EU languages, about\u00a060\u00a0regional\/minority languages, and many more spoken by [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/intrawelt.com\/en\/why-we-should-care-more-about-languages\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Intrawelt\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/it-it.facebook.com\/pages\/Intrawelt\/153693088047632\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-07-02T13:40:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Alessio Sopranzi\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@intrawelt\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@intrawelt\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Alessio Sopranzi\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/intrawelt.com\/en\/why-we-should-care-more-about-languages\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/intrawelt.com\/en\/why-we-should-care-more-about-languages\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Alessio Sopranzi\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/intrawelt.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/ffc76b2040545ac83bf308b120973b01\"},\"headline\":\"Why we should care more about languages.\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-07-02T13:40:28+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-07-02T13:40:28+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/intrawelt.com\/en\/why-we-should-care-more-about-languages\/\"},\"wordCount\":542,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/intrawelt.com\/en\/#organization\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/intrawelt.com\/en\/why-we-should-care-more-about-languages\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/intrawelt.com\/en\/why-we-should-care-more-about-languages\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/intrawelt.com\/en\/why-we-should-care-more-about-languages\/\",\"name\":\"Why we should care more about languages. | Intrawelt\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/intrawelt.com\/en\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2018-07-02T13:40:28+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-07-02T13:40:28+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/intrawelt.com\/en\/why-we-should-care-more-about-languages\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/intrawelt.com\/en\/why-we-should-care-more-about-languages\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/intrawelt.com\/en\/why-we-should-care-more-about-languages\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/intrawelt.com\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Why we should care more about languages.\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/intrawelt.com\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/intrawelt.com\/en\/\",\"name\":\"Agenzia di Traduzione e Interpretariato | Intrawelt\",\"description\":\"Servizi di traduzione professionale, interpretariato e impaginazione grafica\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/intrawelt.com\/en\/#organization\"},\"alternateName\":\"Traduzione e Interpretariato | Intrawelt\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/intrawelt.com\/en\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/intrawelt.com\/en\/#organization\",\"name\":\"INTRAWELT\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/intrawelt.com\/en\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/intrawelt.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/intrawelt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/logo_intrawelt-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/intrawelt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/logo_intrawelt-1.png\",\"width\":340,\"height\":156,\"caption\":\"INTRAWELT\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/intrawelt.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/it-it.facebook.com\/pages\/Intrawelt\/153693088047632\",\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intrawelt\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/intrawelt\/\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/intrawelt\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCGqyFgcoukyk5tDC_Cfyqmg\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/intrawelt.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/ffc76b2040545ac83bf308b120973b01\",\"name\":\"Alessio Sopranzi\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/intrawelt.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/15dae98c612a3b38ba4d4a1fb4b80aed?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/15dae98c612a3b38ba4d4a1fb4b80aed?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Alessio Sopranzi\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Why we should care more about languages. | Intrawelt","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/intrawelt.com\/en\/why-we-should-care-more-about-languages\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Why we should care more about languages. | Intrawelt","og_description":"Today is The European Day of Languages, did you know that? No? Many others didn\u0092t either. The celebration is an annual event that occurs on 26 September and, to quote the European Commission\u0092s website: \u0093It celebrates the linguistic diversity of a continent with over\u00a0200\u00a0European languages, 24\u00a0official EU languages, about\u00a060\u00a0regional\/minority languages, and many more spoken by [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/intrawelt.com\/en\/why-we-should-care-more-about-languages\/","og_site_name":"Intrawelt","article_publisher":"https:\/\/it-it.facebook.com\/pages\/Intrawelt\/153693088047632","article_published_time":"2018-07-02T13:40:28+00:00","author":"Alessio Sopranzi","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@intrawelt","twitter_site":"@intrawelt","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Alessio Sopranzi","Estimated reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/intrawelt.com\/en\/why-we-should-care-more-about-languages\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/intrawelt.com\/en\/why-we-should-care-more-about-languages\/"},"author":{"name":"Alessio Sopranzi","@id":"https:\/\/intrawelt.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/ffc76b2040545ac83bf308b120973b01"},"headline":"Why we should care more about languages.","datePublished":"2018-07-02T13:40:28+00:00","dateModified":"2018-07-02T13:40:28+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/intrawelt.com\/en\/why-we-should-care-more-about-languages\/"},"wordCount":542,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/intrawelt.com\/en\/#organization"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/intrawelt.com\/en\/why-we-should-care-more-about-languages\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/intrawelt.com\/en\/why-we-should-care-more-about-languages\/","url":"https:\/\/intrawelt.com\/en\/why-we-should-care-more-about-languages\/","name":"Why we should care more about languages. | Intrawelt","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/intrawelt.com\/en\/#website"},"datePublished":"2018-07-02T13:40:28+00:00","dateModified":"2018-07-02T13:40:28+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/intrawelt.com\/en\/why-we-should-care-more-about-languages\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/intrawelt.com\/en\/why-we-should-care-more-about-languages\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/intrawelt.com\/en\/why-we-should-care-more-about-languages\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/intrawelt.com\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Why we should care more about languages."}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/intrawelt.com\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/intrawelt.com\/en\/","name":"Agenzia di Traduzione e Interpretariato | Intrawelt","description":"Servizi di traduzione professionale, interpretariato e impaginazione grafica","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/intrawelt.com\/en\/#organization"},"alternateName":"Traduzione e Interpretariato | Intrawelt","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/intrawelt.com\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/intrawelt.com\/en\/#organization","name":"INTRAWELT","url":"https:\/\/intrawelt.com\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/intrawelt.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/intrawelt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/logo_intrawelt-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/intrawelt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/logo_intrawelt-1.png","width":340,"height":156,"caption":"INTRAWELT"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/intrawelt.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/it-it.facebook.com\/pages\/Intrawelt\/153693088047632","https:\/\/twitter.com\/intrawelt","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/intrawelt\/","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/intrawelt","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCGqyFgcoukyk5tDC_Cfyqmg"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/intrawelt.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/ffc76b2040545ac83bf308b120973b01","name":"Alessio Sopranzi","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/intrawelt.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/15dae98c612a3b38ba4d4a1fb4b80aed?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/15dae98c612a3b38ba4d4a1fb4b80aed?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Alessio Sopranzi"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/intrawelt.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5089"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/intrawelt.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/intrawelt.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/intrawelt.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/intrawelt.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5089"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/intrawelt.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5089\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/intrawelt.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5089"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/intrawelt.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5089"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/intrawelt.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}