What are we motivated by when we choose
a foreign language for learning? This is a strange question a bit, isn’t it?
Usually we choose a language for study if we really need it or it is very
interesting to us. No matter what language we learn, the main thing is what
language we really need to study – this would be the best foreign language to learn for us.
An Irish polyglot Benny Lewis has a
different opinion. He thinks that we should learn the simplest languages first,
and then – do more difficult ones. So, the
best foreign language to learn at first, according to Benny’s opinion, is
Esperanto. While training one of the simplest language learning skills, we get
a good practice of foreign language learning in general. It is very useful for
learning other “real” languages.
I think that Benny Lewis is right in
some items. Esperanto is really a rather simple language if to compare it with
many other ones. So, when we get to learn Esperanto it would be easier to learn
more difficult foreign languages. But on the other hand is there a need to
learn an artificial language?
Benny says that even if there is nobody
who speaks Esperanto it would be useful to learn it anyway. A couple of
Esperanto learning weeks can get some months ahead for another language
learning.
In addition to that, there is a wide
international community of Esperanto learners who are ready to share their
language learning experience to each other.
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