Synopsis
The English are notorious for their dislike of, if not ineptitude for, foreign languages. Doesn't everyone abroad speak English anyway? And isn't the solution for those little international misunderstandings just to talk rather louder?
Dr Ron Batchelor takes the diametrically opposite point of view. Learning languages, he argues, is an exuberant joy and the key to unlocking whole new worlds of experience - intellectual, personal, cultural and sensual. A second, third or even fourth language can help us, in short, to live richer, fuller, deeper lives.
Batchelor's own romance with Romance languages began just after World War II when, as a student, he began to explore France by bicycle. His explorations - both geographic and linguistic - have never stopped since, and in this delightful, dazzling book, over-brimming with words, puns and yet more words - as well as more than a dash of his prodigious learning - he recounts some of his adventures and encounters.
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About the Author
Dr Ron Batchelor has had a lifelong love affair with languages. He studied languages at the universities of Southampton, Poitiers, Paris and Madrid and taught at universities in France and Spain before becoming a lecturer in French at the University of Nottingham. He is the author and co-author of numerous language reference books published by Cambridge University Press.
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