Fransiska Louwagie
@fransiskalouwagie.bsky.social
French and Francophone Studies, Jewish literature, memory studies, Holocaust, Rwanda, multilingualism - University of Aberdeen
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‘2023 polling for the @britishacademy.bsky.social found 71 per cent of Britons would support making language study compulsory in schools.’
Pleased to see this FT editorial makes the case for learning foreign languages
on.ft.com/4mP3rrf
Pleased to see this FT editorial makes the case for learning foreign languages
on.ft.com/4mP3rrf
Lost in translation
Even in the language app era there are benefits to learning a foreign tongue
on.ft.com
August 16, 2025 at 11:15 AM
‘2023 polling for the @britishacademy.bsky.social found 71 per cent of Britons would support making language study compulsory in schools.’
Pleased to see this FT editorial makes the case for learning foreign languages
on.ft.com/4mP3rrf
Pleased to see this FT editorial makes the case for learning foreign languages
on.ft.com/4mP3rrf
Reposted by Fransiska Louwagie
Hi, I'm a translator who works for a United Nations agency. As you know, every country needs trained multilinguals & it's impossible to become fluent in a language via ChatGPT. Or DuoLingo. Or Zoom classes. Fluency in a language requires immersion in its grammar & vocabulary, its history & culture.
August 13, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Hi, I'm a translator who works for a United Nations agency. As you know, every country needs trained multilinguals & it's impossible to become fluent in a language via ChatGPT. Or DuoLingo. Or Zoom classes. Fluency in a language requires immersion in its grammar & vocabulary, its history & culture.
Reposted by Fransiska Louwagie
Schools shd have been working to improve language teaching, not opting out bcos kids found it 'too hard'. I was able to do French, Latin, Ancient Greek & some Italian in state schools 40-odd yrs ago. Sadly, language learning is increasingly the preserve of privileged minority in private schools.
June 1, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Schools shd have been working to improve language teaching, not opting out bcos kids found it 'too hard'. I was able to do French, Latin, Ancient Greek & some Italian in state schools 40-odd yrs ago. Sadly, language learning is increasingly the preserve of privileged minority in private schools.