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Linguist Club ー not a day without learning something new!

The desire to learn foreign languages is an indicator of interest in another culture and a desire to expand the horizons of their knowledge. But even true polyglots may not know many unique facts about foreign languages.

For example, it is believed that the English language lovers club is the most numerous due to the fact that it is spoken by the most people in the world. However, this is not quite true. More than 1.2 billion people speak Mandarin Chinese, and English ranks only second with 900 million people.

The next interesting fact is that more than 60% of people in the world speak a second foreign language besides their native one. Globalization and the active expansion of international relations contribute to this.

The third thesis is that learning foreign languages helps in preventing the development of dementia. It has been proven that learning and using foreign languages helps to improve brain function and strengthen neural connections.

A common myth is that in order to master a new language, it is literally necessary not to get out of textbooks. However, practice shows that with proper planning of the educational process, an average of 15 minutes a day is enough to read books and conduct conversations in a new language in a year.

An interesting economic fact: people who speak at least one additional language earn 15-30% more than their colleagues who speak only their native language. This can be a great incentive to join the club of lovers of foreign languages! And how many foreign languages do you know?