Maybe You Shouldn’t Learn Another Language
Well isn’t this ironic…a language teacher saying maybe you shouldn’t learn a foreign language. That’s like a mechanic who says there’s nothing wrong with your car…or the insurance salesman who thinks you already have enough coverage. I doubt these professionals even exist. Everybody who sells a service claims that you need that service…and of course they must be the person who sells it to you.
Well, perhaps I’m breaking new ground here, but I’m totally serious about this. I will be the first to acknowledge that I make my living by helping people to learn languages. It’s what I do and I love it. But I don’t think there’s any harm in revealing a cold, hard truth that I’ve witnessed in my language teaching career; most people don’t need to learn a foreign language.
