Expert Voices
Interviews with experts in different aspects of languages, linguistics and other related areas of knowledge, such as sociology and economics.
These interviews offer an insight into the impact of multilingualism on the economy, ways of enhancing foreign language learning, and models and activities that have affected languages and their speakers positively, among other language-related matters.
 | Brian Fox Director of the European Commission's Interpretation Services "A good interpreter must be curious and must be interested in a wide range of issues" |
 | Aly Maher "Multilingualism is respect for the other, understanding for the other, accepting the other"
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 | Anna Solé Mena "Children have a virtually unlimited capacity for learning languages" |
 | Chris Rainier Photographer and director of the National Geographic's Enduring Voices Project "It's imperative that we find appropiate ways to excite the youth within communities to pick up their language" |
 | Geeta Dharmarajan Founder and Executive Director of Khata Foundation "When you are looking at linking diversities you are looking at forging identities"
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 | Graham Fraser "The challenge is to have the use of both languages seen as a value rather than just an obligation and a burden" |
 | Gustavo Win Director of VOA's Latin America Division "Preserving your language is preserving your identity" |
 | Joie Springer Director of the UNESCO's Memory of the World Programme "People think in a particular language, based on the experiences that they have acquired, based on all sorts of inputs that go into making up the composition of that person" |
 | Pauline Couture Writer, journalist and strategic communication consultant "Languages are the most vital piece of our human, cultural eco-system" |
 | Robert Moropa Director of the Library Services at the University of Pretoria and former president of the Library and Information Association of South Africa (LIASA) "We have to promote African languages and ensure that people respect them and see them as of equal value to all other languages" |
