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David Birdsong

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Getting Ahead with World Languages

November 18, 2019 by David Birdsong

From Akkadian and Arabic to Yiddish and Yoruba: The University of Texas at Austin offers courses in dozens of world languages. But why does language learning matter? In today’s world of industry, science and politics, can’t people get by with knowing just English? The answer is simple: If all you want to do is get […]

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