How to Inspire and Encourage Others to Learn a New Language
When you gain some knowledge, you reach a position where your duty is to share your experiences, wisdom, and inspiration. Similarly, when you learn a second language, you become responsible for encouraging others too to indulge in language learning. You should become an inspiration for others so that they can envision the benefits of bilingualism. But, you have to be careful enough that your experiences do not downplay the spirits of others. No matter how many struggles you face while learning a language, you have to approach it with positivity. It is a universal truth that bilingualism has no side-effects and anyone who aspires to be one should be encouraged with positivity.
In this article, we are going to share some tips on how you can inspire and encourage others to learn a language.
- Explain the Benefits of Bilingualism
Bilingualism has several benefits and as a bilingual you must be aware of them. So tell your friends and family members how bilingualism helps in escalating the career. Explain how it improves communication skills and widens the perspective. Tell them that bilingualism helps in preventing or delaying Alzheimers and improves mental health.
- Talk About Your Experience
Encouraging others by drawing on your own experience is a trusted method of making someone do something good. So narrate your experience as a learner and a bilingual so that others can visualize what it means to be bilingual. Tell them how you enjoyed the learning process, what techniques helped you the most and how the learning elevated your personal growth.
- Watch Movies with Them
Another good way to encourage others to learn a language is to sit with them in a movie session. Make them watch some really interesting movies in the target language. Explain the basic vocabularies to them and time to time make them guess the meanings. And if the guess is right, encourage them to learn more by fanning their winner’s spirit. But if the guess is wrong, help them correct it.
- Do Quizzes with Them
Another interesting way to encourage others to learn a language is to play quizzes with them. Make your own quizzes or take them from the internet. Sit down with your friends and family members and solve the quizzes. To make it more fun, keep prizes for right answers.
- Travel
Last but not least, travelling is the best way to inspire someone to learn a new language. Every person who travels faces a communication gap because of which they are not able to enjoy their time completely. Make this the reason why anyone should learn a second language. Go on tours, and converse with native speakers so that your friends and family members can experience the beauty and advantage of knowing a second language. This will automatically generate a spirit to learn the language.
We hope these tips will help you spread your knowledge. There might be negative points too of language learning like balancing it with a full-time job or course. But your purpose is to make others look beyond that. You have to become a living example of how good bilingualism is for personal growth.
