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Mana Ako Club Holiday Challenge

Language is a vital part of human connection. Although all species have their ways of communicating, humans are the only ones that have mastered cognitive language communication. Language allows us to share our ideas, thoughts, and feelings with others. 

It has the power to build societies, but also tear them down. It may seem obvious, but if you’re asking yourself, why is language important? You’ll have to break it down to truly understand why.

Language is what makes us human. It is how people communicate. By learning a language, it means you have mastered a complex system of words, structure, and grammar to effectively communicate with others.

To most people, language comes naturally. We learn how to communicate even before we can talk and as we grow older, we find ways to manipulate language to truly convey what we want to say with words and complex sentences. 

Of course, not all communication is through language, but mastering a language certainly helps speed up the process. This is one of the many reasons why language is important.

Language helps us express our feelings and thoughts. This is unique to our species because it is a way to express unique ideas and customs within different cultures and societies. By learning a foreign language, you can understand ideas and thoughts that may be different from your own culture. 

You can learn customs and how people interact in a given society. Language helps preserve cultures, but it also allows us to learn about others and spread ideas quickly.

When discussing topics like inclusive language, it’s easy to recognize that language, today, is changing alongside culture. With technology comes trends or different ways of speaking, like how many teenagers or young people use slang when they speak. 

When societies become more open-minded and progressive, we start accepting that there are many other ways of speaking language. Many of us know the answer to why language is important, but we often take language for granted or actually don’t think about it. Language is an important life skill, particularly in school and in the workplace.

Language is one of the most important parts of any culture.  It is the way by which people communicate with one another, build relationships, and create a sense of community.  There are roughly 6,500 spoken languages in the world today, and each is unique in a number of ways.

 

Communication is a core element of any society, and language is an important aspect of that.  As language began to evolve, different cultural communities put together shared understandings through sounds. Over time, these sounds and their infer meanings became commonplace and language was formed.

Intercultural communication is a symbolic process whereby social reality is constructed, maintained, and repCultural identity is heavily dependent on a number of factors including ethnicity, gender, geographic location, religion, language, and so much more.  

Culture is defined as a historically transmitted system of symbols, meanings, and norms. Knowing a language automatically authorises someone to identify with others who speak the same language.

This connection is such an important part of cultural exchange. As people with different cultural backgrounds interact, one of the most difficult barriers they face is that of language.

Feeling up for a task? Watching movies or TV in different languages is a great way to start.  If you’re feeling even more motivated, seek out language courses offered in your community.

Check out online learning communities, or download an app like Duolingo to begin your path to broader, more effective, and more personal communication!  What are some ways that you connect with people cross-culturally?

Bye babes

Last day of term 3

Today is sadly the last day of term 3. i want to thank all the teachers that have looked after me. Thank you room 4 for all the support and making my confidence go higher and higher each day. Thank you bloggers for checking my blog and commenting positive and kind stuff. Thank you Mr Burt, Mrs Nua and Mr Jacobsen for making Pt England School a better, happy and healthy place. Thank you all the other staff members. Thank you Zaria my Bff (Best friends forever) for always coming to school for me and always sharing you chromebook with me.