Global Breaking News - Sunday, December 22, 2024

English Is Global, So Why Learn Arabic?

In a recent essay in The Times, Lawrence Summers, the former president of Harvard University, wrote about preparing American students for the future. In the essay, he said that international experience was essential, arguing that English’s emergence as the global language makes the investment in other languages less essential. Does he have a point? Even though Americans aren’t as monolingual as you might think, is learning a language other than English a worthwhile investment?

 비록 당신이 생각하는 만큼 미국 사람들이 단일어를 사용하지는 않지만, 영어가 아닌 다른 언어를
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