KCW Today – Anna Mackenzie
““Learn a new language and get a new soul.” The words of this Czech proverb strike a chord deep within me. To really know another language is to know another culture, to connect with another way of life, to see another perspective of the world. It moves you to new places, and it changes you. The benefits of learning another language are multiple and diverse. On a purely individual level, knowing another language lets you explore different countries and new cultures unimpeded by communication barriers. Expert linguists estimate that over 7,000 languages are spoken around the world. 4.2 million in the UK have a mother tongue that is not English, while Chinese and Spanish outrun our designated ‘lingua franca’ as the most spoken languages in the world.” (more)