....going out and learning a language.

Today is the European Day of Languages. I wonder if David Blunkett is taking part?

I've been reading a few interesting emails about Blunkett's comments. One linguist thought his comments revealed an assumption that bilingualism was a kind of 'schizophrenia'. Another pointed out that Blunkett was actually arguing for multilingualism, i.e. he thinks parents should add English to their repertoire rather than that kids should drop other languages. I'm sure this could all be used as the basis for a seminar or two.

B-)