In a modern world like ours, it has become commonplace for people to know more than one language. Being bilingual is an incredible asset in Canada that incredibly increases your job prospects or chance of being hired right out of university. It benefits you in various ways, ranging from knowing the language to help communicate with others, to having a successful and well paying job. Science proves that learning another language also improves your multitasking skills and improves your memory. In New Brunswick, one of the francophone regions of canada, reports state that the bilingual workforce is the key reason why the province attracts a lot of corporate players (The benefits of being bilingual). As a result this may be a plus point in
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In my experience, I learnt swahili at a young age and when I moved to Canada, it was a language that was an ice breaker with my lovely english teacher, as she had been to Tanzania where they speak that language. Swahili is not a very common language in Canada but it is in the khoja community-a sect of shi'ism, where most of the people are from kenya and Tanzania. Especially with the older people, they feel like home when you speak to them in …show more content…
I’d bet that once in your lifetime, you went to a store and came across someone having a conversion in another language. Im sure you had a slight regret of not knowing that person's language. Has it ever happened to you? You visit a local market and you hear the sellers chatting away in their native language. You order something in English and interrupt their fun conversation. Ok, so you can’t learn every language there is in this world, but if there's one special language you would love to learn or one special person you want to understand better, go ahead and don't hesitate. As the saying goes ‘you snooze, you lose’. A Lot of people in Canada still believe in official bilingualism as it is a part of their mutual belief in multiculturalism. Prime Minister Trudeau’s faith that this would help to reform the nation into one great country, by dismantling the barriers between these two cultures exhibited the true grit of this great leader (Collections Canada). This act was a noble experiment by a man daring enough to try something different. In theory, this initiative that displayed such tremendous wisdom, was seen by many to be absolutely
In my experience, I learnt swahili at a young age and when I moved to Canada, it was a language that was an ice breaker with my lovely english teacher, as she had been to Tanzania where they speak that language. Swahili is not a very common language in Canada but it is in the khoja community-a sect of shi'ism, where most of the people are from kenya and Tanzania. Especially with the older people, they feel like home when you speak to them in …show more content…
I’d bet that once in your lifetime, you went to a store and came across someone having a conversion in another language. Im sure you had a slight regret of not knowing that person's language. Has it ever happened to you? You visit a local market and you hear the sellers chatting away in their native language. You order something in English and interrupt their fun conversation. Ok, so you can’t learn every language there is in this world, but if there's one special language you would love to learn or one special person you want to understand better, go ahead and don't hesitate. As the saying goes ‘you snooze, you lose’. A Lot of people in Canada still believe in official bilingualism as it is a part of their mutual belief in multiculturalism. Prime Minister Trudeau’s faith that this would help to reform the nation into one great country, by dismantling the barriers between these two cultures exhibited the true grit of this great leader (Collections Canada). This act was a noble experiment by a man daring enough to try something different. In theory, this initiative that displayed such tremendous wisdom, was seen by many to be absolutely