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What is the most important language to learn? |
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The language of your birth. If you can't communicate with your own you will never understand your culture or be part of your heritage. English, which is the accepted international language in most fields of life, is also important and is learned by children in nearly every country of the world.
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The language of critical thinking or general semantics. Regardless of what spoken languages you may be versed in, if you have not mastered your own body language and understand the body language of others, if you only listen to what is being said and pay no attention to what is not being said then your capacity to communicate is diminished. What value is there in speaking twelve different languages if you can't pick up on subtle body movements? If you can't tell if someone is being truthful in the primary language you speak it is doubtful you will know how to tell if someone is lying in the other eleven languages. To know that we view our selves in a different way than others do, and know that they view themselves in a different way than we view them. To know that we can agree on another way to view each other that would be satisfactory for both, these are all characteristics of communication.
French is known as the language of love, but if you tell a pretty woman that you love her and you speak it perfectly but you never touch her when you say this, that will mean something entirely different than if you do touch her while professing your love. If you intend to stand up for your rights through language only but never through deed, this says something entirely different than if you are prepared to fight while standing up for your rights. In our lifetime we meet many people, most who gladly inform you of who they believe they are. Many of these people can talk a good game, but if you really want to know the truth of people, listen to what they say then watch what they do.
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