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Learning a New Language

Lahiri describes the humility and excitement experienced when learning a new language-- and how the process takes us outside of ourselves.

Higher Education Video Blog World Languages with Jhumpa Lahiri

"[I]t is (also) fundamental to engage with what is outside of us and what is beyond us. Our humanity depends on that."

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Author: McGraw Hill Higher Education

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