The Guardian – Holly Young
“Named in 2012 as the UK’s most multilingual student, Alex Rawlings couldn’t be further away from the stereotype of a stubbornly monolingual Brit. This year he added a 15th language, Hungarian, to his repertoire. “I can’t imagine my life without languages,” says Rawlings. “If there were no languages in the world … I can’t really imagine what I would do.” However, with the number of students doing modern language degrees in the UK at a record low, Rawlings’ love of language learning is apparently not common among his peers.”(more)