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TED Talks: Season 2016

2016x190 John McWhorter: 4 reasons to learn a new language
TV-PG

  • 2016-10-07T04:00:00Z on YouTube
  • 15m
  • United States
  • English
  • Documentary
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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