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Advice to Language Learners Who Are Afraid of Making Mistakes

Lahiri encourages us to learn new things and to take risks despite the challenges.

Higher Education Video Blog World Languages with Jhumpa Lahiri

"Anything you do, whether it's trying to ride a bike, or write a story, or learn a language, or fly an airplane... we have to learn [these skills], we are trained, we are taught, we teach ourselves, but it's a process."

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