IntroductionLearning a language is probably one of the most difficult and time-consuming endeavors a person can ever undertake. Therefore, it is not surprising that a limited number of second languages ​​are taught in schools throughout the Western world and that languages ​​are sometimes failed to pass on to children growing up in a different country to that of their parents. Even in Canada, an officially bilingual country, only 15% of Canadians speak English and an unofficial language (Statistics Canada 2008), and in America only 21% of the population speaks two languages ​​(Logan, 2003). It has become clear that there is a need for Canadians and Americans to learn a second language. To survive, a country must rely on other countries since there is no country that can produce within its borders all the means to satisfy the needs of its population. Furthermore, with the threat of international terrorism, economic crisis and environmental ruin looming over countries around the world, governments and organizations must work together to find solutions. These cross-cultural collaborations would not be possible without the ability of even a few people present to speak each other's language. Conversely, by remaining monolingual, skills and knowledge will become concentrated in only a few countries, and as knowledge transfer ceases, the rate of human progress will slow. This report aims to discuss the interpersonal and personal benefits of learning a second language and investigate different ways of learning. To accomplish this goal, I conducted secondary research on the interpersonal and personal benefits of learning another language. These particular research areas were chosen...... half of the article ......linguistic societies: Switzerland (pp. xi-xii). Waterloo, Ontario: Wilfrid Laurier University Press.Statistics Canada. (2008). Proficiency in official languages ​​(5), number of non-official languages ​​known (5), age ranges (17A) and sex (3) for the population of Canada, provinces, territories, census metropolitan areas and census agglomerations, 2006 census - 20 % sample data. Retrieved March 17, 2009, from http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/english/census06/data/topics/RetrieveProductTable.cfm?TPL=RETR&ALEVEL=3&APATH=3&CATNO=97-555-XCB2006009&DETAIL=0&DIM=&DS= 99&FL= 0&FREE=0&GAL=0&GC=99&GK=NA&GRP=1&IPS=97-555-XCB2006009&METH=0&ORDER=1&PID=89188&PTYPE=88971,97154&RL=0&S=1&ShowAll=No&StartRow=1&SUB=705&Temporal=200 6&Theme =70&VID=0&VNAMEE=&VNAMEF=The Toyota Company Motor. (2009). Toyota in the world. Retrieved April 7, 2009, from http://www.toyota.co.jp/worldwide/toyota/index.html