Language is a part of culture, so along with language lessons comes cultural knowledge, say members of the Jakarta Polyglot community, who share how learning different languages helps them understand ...

bout 70 people are gathered in a room divided into groups. Once the discussion starts, each group speaks in a different language: Mandarin, English, Spanish, French and Italian, to name just a few.

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