Music for Language Learning: Best Practices

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Whether you’re studying for fun, or to pursue a career in trade, diplomacy or translation, learning a language can be one of the most challenging and one of the most rewarding things you’ll ever do.

Several studies have pointed out that multilingual people earn more money, are open to greater career opportunities and can provide more value to the businesses they work in, whether at entry-level positions or as leaders. Multilingual people also rank higher than monolinguals on creativity tests and are more equipped than their counterparts to deal with the cultural diversity of our increasingly globalized world.

Especially if you’re learning a foreign language for the first time, or your target and source languages have little common ground, you should go out of your way to make the learning process as multifaceted and fun as possible. A great way to do it is through music.

Here are some tips on how to make the most out of it:

Find Music You Love This is probably the easiest step for most language learners since those who want to learn a certain language are often motivated by an interest in the culture surrounding it. Make a playlist of songs in your target language that you love. Use your mobile phone or iPod, so you can carry them around and listen t...

Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - October 16, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Martha Payne Tags: communication featured reading self improvement career language money music translations Source Type: blogs