Talk about a foreign language you want to learn (other than English)
What language would you like to learn
Why you want to learn this language
How will you learn this language
For some unknown reasons, I have always felt a passion for learning the Chinese language. The idea of learning this language is rooted back in my teenage days when one of my aunts learned this language and often explained how the grammar and punctuation of this language work. I would like to thank you for the opportunity to let me talk about this topic.
Though I have always wanted to learn this language, I never gave a serious thought about actually doing it, until a year ago. The aunt I talked about is working as a mechanical engineer in Beijing, China and came to visit us a year ago. I had a few conversations about her life in China and at a time we discussed the language she uses to communicate. She explained how learning a new language can help us widen our perception and how it helps us understand a new culture. After she left the country, I saw an advertisement from one of our local university about offering a six month’s course to learn a second language for the university students.
As soon as I learned that they offer a course in the Chinese language, I became interested. Though I have not started the course yet, I am determined to intake it next summer. The Chinese language has many varieties and I would specifically learn the standard Chinese language which is mainly spoken in China, Taiwan, Singapore, Hong Kong and Macau. Standard Chinese is also called Mandarin and have some variations based on where it is spoken.
I will not learn this language for any particular reason or for professional benefits. Rather, I would learn it from the sheer interests I feel about the language and Chinese cultures. But, I believe that learning a foreign language always offers some hidden benefits. Though I am not sure, who knows, someday it might be proved to be a necessary skill!
As I have already stated, I would take the 6 month’s language course at a local university and hopefully, that would give a good grip on the basic of the language. After that, I will surely take advantage of the online resources to further enhance my skill. Besides, I will have some friends, hopefully, from the language course who would be a good fit for me to practise the language even after the course is over. Furthermore, I will have video conferences with my aunt who now lives in China and practise Chinese whenever possible. These are my plans to master the language but I am sure with the course of time, I would be able to devise some more intuitive ways of becoming proficient at the language.