Istanbul Gelisim University School of Foreign Languages: Monthly Bulletin (September 2026)

Abstract

A New Language, A New Perspective Have you ever wondered whether speaking another language could change the way you see the world? Learning a new language is often considered a way to communicate with more people, but its benefits go much further than that. It can influence how we think, how we understand other cultures, and even how we understand ourselves. When we learn a foreign language, we encounter words and expressions that may not have an exact equivalent in our own language. This teaches us that people from different cultures may describe the same experience in different ways. As a result, language learners can become more aware of different perspectives and more curious about the world around them.