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How learning a new language improves tolerance

Online article by Amy Thompson, Associate Professor of Applied Linguistics, University of South Florida, discussing how language learning helps develop cultural competence (including cross-cultural understanding) and tolerance of ambiguity.
Although focussing on higher education the findings will certainly be valid for other levels of society: another incentive for LfW.
Country: USA
Language: English
Date: 2010s
Criteria: Practical

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