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Another, closely related, case is when you love the culture the language gives you access to. Learning a language without interesting books/movies/tv shows behi
by macleginn 7y ago
Another, closely related, case is when you love the culture the language gives you access to. Learning a language without interesting books/movies/tv shows behind it will most probably be a chore.
- StavrosK 7y ago> Learning a language without interesting books/movies/tv shows behind it will most probably be a chore. What language doesn't have interesting items of culture behind it?
- umvi 7y agoAnime and video games are a powerful cultural motivator for me learn Japanese because I enjoy those things almost daily. Russia no doubt has interesting items of culture as well, but I am not exposed to them at all and therefore have no desire to learn Russian.
- david-s 7y agoThe first sentence is important. It's not about the abstract idea of "interesting items of culture" existing. IME they have to be already interesting to the learner to be a motivating factor. Some people likely find any items of culture interesting. I'm not one of those people, and I suspect most around me aren't either, or we'd all know a lot more languages.
- StavrosK 7y agoPersonally, I like Spanish as a language and am learning it, and as a result I find that I have access to more Spanish movies/shows/books because I understand it better. It wasn't my goal, but it's a welcome perk, and my comment was mostly about the fact that even if you don't learn a language for it's culture, there's always a culture there for you to enjoy once you do.
- david-s 7y agoThat's fair. I suppose I treat learning a language as more utilitarian. I need the external motivating factor to stick with it. Languages often have neat features, but that isn't enough for me to prioritize learning one above other things.