http://www.guardian.co.uk/teacher-network/2012/feb/23/learning-languages-multilingualism?INTCMP=SRCH
Some interesting comments about why we should learn a language. The comments made by the students resonate with me – after all I have heard them many times in my career as a language teacher. I have also experienced the phenomenen of getting bigger portions or superior service from restaurants and the like by speaking in French, especially in large tourist cities.
A Box of Thistles 