Korean is a language spoken by about 80 million speakers.
It is one of the beautiful East Asian languages. The Korean language which is written in the Hangul system of writing which developed around the 15th century. It is the official language of South and North Korea and is also widely spoken in various parts of Russia, China and Central Asia. Learning Korean has various benefits to offer, from better career opportunities to abundant cultural content, but learning it to the b1 level enables you to a larger spectrum of benefits which you will read in this blog.
The b1 level is the third level in the learning system, it can be considered as the intermediate level. A comparatively difficult level when compared with the a1 and a1 levels. Learning Korean upto the b1 level has various benefits and some of those are listed below.
Makes you a smarter individual
Learning or acquiring a language requires you to learn a new set of characters and alphabets, their sounds, script, vocabulary, etc. It is a challenge in itself to acquire a completely new language especially as you have cleared the b1 level. Study shows that bilingual or multilingual individuals have a higher chance of performing better in any standardized test when compared to their monolingual friends.
Boost your memory
Learning the Korean language is very similar to exercising. Just like exercising helps strengthen your muscles, learning Korean helps you strengthen your brain. Learning Korean will enhance your memory as memorizing and building a vocabulary, remembering the rules of the new language help improve your overall memory and concentration which is also proven by various studies.
Multitask your way
Learning multiple languages in itself is a multi task, where you are able to differentiate between your existing language knowledge as well as acquire newer ones without mixing them up with each other. Your brain is able to concentrate on multiple languages at a time, thus also helping you coordinate between various tasks at a time.
Helps with dementia and Alzheimer’s disease
As learning Korean stimulates drastic changes in the brain and its functioning improves, diseases like dementia and Alzheimer’s can effectively be delayed. It also helps in improving the conditions of the patients of Alzheimer’s disease. It slows down the brain’s ageing process and improves memory which helps with dementia and Alzheimer’s.
Learning Korean along with various career oriented benefits also benefits in the above mentioned ways. The b1 level is the third level, which can also be known as the intermediate level which means you have already learnt the characters and pretty much the vocabulary too. Good enough to reap the above benefits.
