4 reasons you should learn your mother tongueNow more than ever, the world is embracing diversity. A good command over your mother tongue, coupled with the ability to read and write it is a great advantage and could boost your climb the corporate ladder faster. Translation opportunities are also growing for those who know their mother tongue as well as other official foreign languages.Learning foreign languages often depends on how well one has grasped their mother tongue. Concepts and literacy skills picked up when learning the mother tongue can be extrapolated when learning other languages. Similarly, fluency in your mother tongue can help improve your social status because you can communicate with a group of people that you would otherwise never be able to accurately reach.

Source: Standard Digital March 27, 2019 11:03 UTC