Tag: why study languages

  • Language Ideologies in the Wild: Language Learning as a Hobby

    Language Ideologies in the Wild: Language Learning as a Hobby

    Following up on my recent language ideologies in the wild series, in this post I’m back with a collection of examples focused on the ideology of language learning as a fun hobby. As these unrelated examples demonstrate, this is a fairly common language ideology, and while I am all for hobbies, it’s worth highlighting the…

  • Why study languages? Improve your listening skills!

    Why study languages? Improve your listening skills!

    When talking about language learning, I’ve sometimes found people approach this with an all or nothing approach. Specifically, seeing the goal as “becoming fluent” or having the skills to work as a translator. While these are great (and I’m all for expanding our linguistic repertoires as much as possible!) I think a focus on obtaining…