Activity 1: The benefits of learning a language Can you add any more examples of benefits to the table? Ability to think more It may be possible to laterally welcome community members in their language Enables you to reflect Increasing participation Improving opportunities on your own cultural in local cultural events for critical thinking & identity analysis Finding your hotel Ability to read ancient overseas! and/or literary texts Understanding and Understanding cuisine Opportunities to make valuing the structure of of another country or connections with your first language culture people from other cultures Enables us to Keeps your mind Increasing confidence understand healthy and active into with travel & ability to intercultural activity old age use the language of a across the curriculum country Increasing cognitive Enabling interaction Possibility of more functions with people from access to Aboriginal and different cultures Torres Strait Islander cultures Reduces the need for a Learning - the Contributes to lifelong translator or interpreter challenge! The fun! learning Increases your sense of Increased ability to Concentration on It may assist you to get mastery of learning understand how others learning a language in touch with your think reduces daily stresses family history Ability to gain new Gain experience of Increases vocabulary being a ‘global’ citizen understanding of foreign films
Activity 1: The benefits of learning a language Can you add any more examples of benefits to the table? Ability to think more laterally It may be possible to welcome community members in their language Enables you to reflect on your own cultural identity Increasing participation in local cultural events Improving opportunities for critical thinking & analysis Finding your hotel overseas! Ability to read ancient and/or literary texts Understanding and valuing the structure of your first language Understanding cuisine of another country or culture Opportunities to make connections with people from other cultures Enables us to understand intercultural activity across the curriculum Keeps your mind healthy and active into old age Increasing confidence with travel & ability to use the language of a country Increasing cognitive functions Enabling interaction with people from different cultures Possibility of more access to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures Reduces the need for a translator or interpreter Learning - the challenge! The fun! Contributes to lifelong learning Increases your sense of mastery of learning Increased ability to understand how others think Concentration on learning a language reduces daily stresses It may assist you to get in touch with your family history Ability to gain new vocabulary Gain experience of being a ‘global’ citizen Increases understanding of foreign films