How Learning a New Language Improves Tolerance

The Matt Townsend Show - Season 1, Episode 1524 , Segment 1

Episode: Learning a New Language Improves Tolerance, Ask For Help

Jun 8, 2018 1:00 pm
47:01 mins

Amy Thompson, Ph.D., is the Associate Professor of Linguistics at the University of South Florida. Less than 1% of American adults today are proficient in a foreign language that they studied in a U.S. classroom. With that in mind, Professor Amy Thompson sees that there are benefits that make learning a second language worthwhile when it comes to improving tolerance.

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