The Psychological Impact of Languages on the Human Mind-Learning Foreign Languages

Learning foreign languages is done for many purposes, one of the main purposes is to learn language skills effectively. The psychological impact of foreign languages on the human mind is often great. Not leaving aside people’s attitudes and perceptions on the one hand and satisfaction and performance on the other, many researchers go further by saying that for many individual’s motivation, interests, desires are greater despite the difficulties during speaking or pronounce in a foreign language. Acquiring and learning a foreign language in the psychological aspect has a positive effect on many levels especially positively affect the mind, some affect psycho-social development, some intrapersonal communication and some positively affect personal development. For many fear and uncertainty during speech and pronunciation, the fast switch between languages are among the main issues. In our country, traditional methods are often used when learning foreign languages. The purpose of this paper is through theoretical review and qualitative research, self – reflection interview to explore and examine the psychological impact of learning foreign languages. Many scholars suggest two-way impacts and when talking about the psychological impact, the positive aspects of the acquisition of communication skills and the cognitive aspect are emphasized more, as our results from showed as well. We should not forget the factors that push a person to learn and acquire something foreign, whether it is for study interests, personal satisfaction and motivation.