ENGLISH AS A GLOBAL LANGUAGE

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Learning English as a second language nowadays has become the new

normality; you hear it in movies, on the tv, everytime you travel
somewhere new, in the music you listen… English is everywhere.

The history goes back to the XVth century when the colonization of
America was being taken and English as the language was spreading
around the world, this led to many variations of it and influences in other
languages. Later on Britain and the U.S gained power and so did the
language, because of its dominance over the cinema, television, popular
music, trade, and technology (including the Internet) throughout the
years, it made English even more universal!! It became the leading
language in business, science, literature, politics, diplomacy,
entertainment, and many more areas and industries.

English has now become a part of many countries, peoples and cultures,
so learning it would obviously lead people to many opportunities and
experiences all around the world. In fact, international business and
relationships aren’t the only benefits from learning it, recent studies have
shown that there are many other benefits and improvements in your
brain for learning a new language.

Researchers found that young adults proficient in two languages

performed better on attention tests and had better concentration than
those who spoke only one language, irrespective of whether they had
learned that second language during infancy, childhood or their teen
years. Because the language centers in the brain are so flexible,
learning a second language can develop new areas of your mind and
strengthen your brain's natural ability to focus, entertain multiple
possibilities, and process information.

So, if you're unsure about acquiring a new language just keep in mind its
advantages as you study, knowing that you’re not only learning an
admirable new skill, or creating new laboral or academic possibilities,
you’re also fundamentally and physically improving your mental health.