As a result, people tend to favor rational, cost-benefit considerations. Of course, people vary in their levels of foreign-language proficiency. Researchers thus hypothesized that preferences for ...

People Are More Rational When Speaking in a Foreign Language. Rachel Nuwer. July 10, 2012. ... First of all, speaking in a foreign language tends to feel less emotional than one’s mother tongue: ...

Interestingly, speaking a foreign language might come especially in handy when people find themselves having to make a high-stakes decision – say about savings or investments.

New research shows that 34 percent of whites are bothered when they hear foreign languages being used in public places. The same is true for 25 percent of blacks, 24 percent of Asians and 13 ...

Only 10% of people in the U.S. speak a foreign language proficiently. In comparison, in Europe, 65% of people can speak a second language other than their native tongue. Although the difference is ...

As a "language person" myself, one three-letter word is the motivation you need — fun! This YouTube video by Canadian Steve Kaufmann makes that point and is well worth watching.

Your marketable skills in the global economy are improved if you master another language. Foreign language study offers a sense of the past: culturally and linguistically. The study of a foreign ...

One hesitation I hear time and time again when I talk to people about traveling is, “But I don’t speak the language.” To be sure, a language barrier can be a bit of a problem when traveling ...

Members of the community are encouraged to come practice the language or to simply listen. The tables are a place to engage with the language regardless of skill level. Robert Klose is a UMaine Honors ...