Namely the Language Coffee House, and let me tell ya its shaping up to be a pretty good time.
The coffeehouse is used to showcase Canadian cultural diversity and its advantage and benefits, also to position the library as a welcoming and inclusive place in our community.
A couple more good reasons to come on down.
- English isn't the most commonly spoken language in the world: Mandarin and Spanish are the most commonly spoken languages in the world.
- Compete for jobs abroad: Even international companies like the UN and NATO use other languages besides English as an official language.
- Show respect to international colleagues: It's respectful to speak to a visitor or client in their native tongue.
- Gain independence: You'll feel more confident and self-sufficient if you can speak more than one language.
- Communicate with family members: Speak with foreign in-laws or new friends in their native tongue to bring you closer to them.
- Improve memory: Learning a language helps improve memory.
- Make new friends: When you travel, you can actually become lifelong friends with the people you meet if you're able to communicate easily.
- Understand your own culture: You'll draw connections and comparisons between your culture and your new country of study, giving you the opportunity to understand where you come from and how it's affected your personality.
- Learn more about food: Read recipes from Italy in Italian using real Italian ingredients, as a way to continue learning about a new culture.
- Improve your English: Learning the complexities of grammar will challenge you to consider English grammar for the first time since middle school.
- They're not all that hard: Not all languages are extremely difficult to learn, and you might be surprised at how easily you can learn one.
- It gets easier and easier: Once you've picked up Italian, it'll be easy for you to learn Portuguese and Spanish, too, and then even French.
Hope to see you here keeping it classy
Johnny
