First and foremost, I do not believe that language has an impact on humans. I think that humans impact language, which in turn impacts other humans. Therefore, the humans are doing the only substantial work to change anything.
I think that the art of learning language, however, can have a profound impact on an individual if communicated in the right way. There is no blanket "right" way to do so; it depends on everyone's individual needs. As a future teacher, I find it imperative to find a method to communicate the way to learn language in a manner to which it will impact all of my students, regardless of their academic or other preferences. I think that in order to be able to accomplish that, it's important to have at least a basic knowledge of other languages as well.
To me, the most important aspect of language is the ability to communicate between languages, or at least cultures. I think that each country across the world has succeeded in creating an operative education system, but without being able to communicate with one another, it is difficult to say that we are still moving forward.
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i completely agree with your ideas on how its important for us to be able to communicate with other cultures, in different languages. Although it is very difficult to learn foreign languges, i think everyone should be familiar with general everyday language with at least one other culture. It's impossible for us to advance without learning new language and working together.
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