Absolutely right. I bring some of this up in my Fail Your Way to Fluency blog. You don't know the utility of a foreign language until you've learned it. You may think there's no point in learning French, because you have no plan to vacation in Paris, but you don't know that down the road you'll unexpectedly play a role in the life of a French-speaking refugee who doesn't know English yet.
I'm actually working on another article like this. I have never seen so many people claiming that English is the only language that matters. While it is true that the majority of people you interact with in the world will be capable of speaking English, that does not mean that they will speak English with just anyone. There are countless things I have experienced that would have never been possible if I didn't speak the languages that I do.
Absolutely right. I bring some of this up in my Fail Your Way to Fluency blog. You don't know the utility of a foreign language until you've learned it. You may think there's no point in learning French, because you have no plan to vacation in Paris, but you don't know that down the road you'll unexpectedly play a role in the life of a French-speaking refugee who doesn't know English yet.
I'm actually working on another article like this. I have never seen so many people claiming that English is the only language that matters. While it is true that the majority of people you interact with in the world will be capable of speaking English, that does not mean that they will speak English with just anyone. There are countless things I have experienced that would have never been possible if I didn't speak the languages that I do.
Amazing post 🔥