With regard to my passion of travelling it is essential to point out the
importance of languages, which are connected to all aspects of our everyday
lives. On the one hand, we do not only communicate with our words but also with
our gestures, our facial expressions or the tone of voice. On the other hand, a
communication based on words simplifies a lot the understanding of each other
due to the fact that also gestures differ depending on the culture and, on top
of that, the information or meaning comes easier to light.
Consequently, we can connect with other people through language and make
sense of our experiences which makes our language the most important part of
our being. As must be clear from the foregoing, languages help us to learn
about other people and their cultures. Concerning my interest in travelling I
always feel motivated to learn more and more languages so that I can go beneath
the surface of the tourist aspect and discover the true secrets about all the
countries cultures I am going to visit.
Furthermore, learning the languages of other countries is a sign of
respect. Even the attempt to say a few words in the foreign language shows your
respect to the culture. According to this, it might be one of the reasons that
Anglophones seem to be rude abroad due to the fact that the majority does not
make any effort to speak in other languages than English.
Besides, there are a lot of idiomatic phrases whose translation only
make sense in the native language. Fortunately, a lot of idiomatic phrases of
the German and Polish language are similar or even identical so that the
communication between me and my boyfriend works pretty well.
