4 reasons to learn a new language

Name: 4 reasons to learn a new language
Uploaded: 2016-10-07T18:54:52Z
Duration: 9 min 51 s
Description: English is fast becoming the world's universal language, and instant translation technology is improving every year. So why bother learning a foreign language? Linguist and Columbia professor John McWhorter shares four alluring benefits of learning an unfamiliar tongue.

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TED2016

• February 2016

English is fast becoming the world's universal language, and instant translation technology is improving every year. So why bother learning a foreign language? Linguist and Columbia professor John McWhorter shares four alluring benefits of learning an unfamiliar tongue.

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