Want a truly mind-expanding experience? Learn another language | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett

That Brexit has put British pupils off studying languages is tragic – it’s not just great for your brain, it opens up whole new worldsMore than half the world ’s peoplespeak more than one language, and I am one of them: I speak English, Welsh, French and Italian, and wish that I could speak more.Being able to speak more than one language has opened up whole worlds of experience and understanding – so it is particularly saddening then to seereports that Brexit is putting British pupils off studying modern foreign languages at school. Some parents have even told teachers that it ’s useless for their children to learn another language now that the UK is leaving the European Union.Continue reading...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - Category: Science Authors: Tags: Languages UK news Science Education Children Society Source Type: news