Business Benefits of Learning a Foreign Language!
Learning a new language has always had its benefits- from improving our cognitive abilities to making us more creative. But how worthwhile can it be in today’s corporate world? English was known to be the lingua franca of the corporate world, but things are changing. Over the years, businesses have expanded across the globe and competition has risen multifold. So let’s find out how learning a second language can affect the business world and makes jobs easier!
1. Builds Understanding
For most people, their work becomes their second home. They dedicate their lives to their work. Putting in hours of dedication and hard work is not an easy task. In situations like these, a warm smile or brief chit-chat with our colleagues can motivate us throughout the day. This is where being multilingual has its advantage. With a 1.4 billion strong population that speaks more than 450 languages, the Indian workforce is the most diverse one. No two people are alike and understanding the other person’s troubles comes from first understanding their language. This enhances teamwork and increases efficient outcomes.
A happy team is the dream team!
2. Remote is Global
With the onset of Covid-19, business communications and interactions have taken to the Metaverse. They have never been more widespread! With just a mere click of a button, people can communicate with others across the entire globe. With this advancement in technology and innovation, it is now easier to form partnerships and close deals with others. Being multilingual is a huge advantage here since it makes communication effortless. Today, companies prefer to hire multilingual people rather than those speaking just one language.
3. Seize More Opportunities
When it comes to investing in someone else’s project or a company, good communication and understanding is quite crucial. Being able to converse fluently with your bilingual colleagues is advantageous. This eases deal-making with companies overseas.
4. Boosts Business Perception
Learning a new language gives us fascinating insights into how people think. This helps in getting a fresh perspective on advertising and publicizing new products. This will also enable people to relate to each other better and negotiate efficiently. This also helps in market segmentation.
5. Strengthens Customer Services
In a local or international market, customer services and feedback are crucial to improving a company’s profits. Undoubtedly, it is easier to serve customers in their native language. Customer satisfaction is a vital part of every business, and achieving a loyal market boosts the company’s standing.
6. Workplace Benefits
It is no secret that multilingual candidates have an edge over others. Learning a new language not only boosts creativity but can help you multitask. It expands our horizon of thinking and forces us to ponder new words and phrases. This pushes our business minds to draft new solutions to every problem.
Apart from becoming sensitive to other cultures and strengthening connections with colleagues, it builds stronger connections with yourself. Learning a new language is a cumbersome process and no walk in the park. It boosts your confidence and makes you feel more empowered.
Learning a new language has innumerable benefits, in and out of the corporate world. However, no matter the number of benefits you’re given, nothing will motivate you more than studying a language that you truly find appealing and fascinating. At TLN, we understand how challenging it is to learn a new language from scratch, and that is precisely why we inculcate practical work in our pedagogy as well!
Learning a new language broadens our perspective about new cultures and traditions that paves way for new business opportunities in the international market.
Which language do you hope to add to your forte? Tell us in the comments section below!
About The Language Network
The Language Network is a Language Teaching E-Tech Company, based in Mumbai. Unlike other companies, TLN focuses on practical knowledge and learning the traditions and cultures behind the language. We, at TLN, don’t believe in age limitations to learning, thus creating personalized batches for different age groups keeping in mind their motivation and attention levels. We have three age groups learning with you- Kids (6–9 years,) Adolescents (10–13 years,) Adults (14+ years.) We offer 7 famous languages- English, Spanish, French, German, Mandarin, Japanese, and Korean. Book your trial class today to immerse yourself in various fascinating languages!
