Why Learn Japanese? Videos Adocating for Learning Another Language

Here are some videos with great reasons to learn another language (both Japanese and non-Japanese specific).

4 reasons to learn a new language | John McWhorter

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQRjouwKDlU

“To go into a culture and to only ever process people through that kind of scrim curtain is to never truly get that culture…  One reason to learn [languages] is that they are tickets to being able to participate in the culture of the people who speak them.”

Leads with Japanese: Megan, Student

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4tbcDBNwm8

*Don’t forget to check out the Lead with Languages website!

http://www.leadwithlanguages.org/lwl-language/japanese/

9 Reasons to Learn Japanese

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11Z-UHz3qwY

Why Students Should Learn a Second Language

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0MlOuOPjfU

ACTFL Keynote Presentation: Rick Stevens (2015 Speaker)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxPwCc11V2I

“When we travel we humanize [the locals] and they humanize us.”

“When we think of how we’re going to grapple with this globalized society, we know we need to be globally competent.  And it is important to have our language efficiency and it is important to have our global outlook.  And when we put that together, I believe we are really creating a younger generation more able to deal with the exciting future that we’re facing.”