Skip to main content

Why You Should Learn a Language

Lahiri explains how the experience of learning a language is enriching and ultimately becomes part of who you are.

Higher Education Video Blog World Languages with Jhumpa Lahiri

"[T]hat's what learning a language is, it's a game, you learn how to play a new game, and you learn how to play it with others, and then... that experience of learning becomes a part of who you are."

Learn more about McGraw Hill World Languages here.

Author: McGraw Hill Higher Education

Related Content:

  • On How Learning Italian Has Changed Her Life

    Through learning Italian, Lahiri has found a home that had been missing.

  • Learning a New Language Transforms Your Identity

    Lahiri explains how learning a new language adds to your identity by opening your mind, your life, and your heart to new friends and perspectives.

  • How Learning a New Language Changes Our Understanding of Ourselves

    Lahiri affirms that understanding the Other by learning a new language leads to knowledge of the self.