How does language learning shape your identity?
Channel: EXPOLINGUA Berlin
Date: 2021-03-29

EXPOLINGUA Online Spring Edition 2021
A great deal of who we are and how we think of ourselves is rooted in what languages we speak. A fascinating consequence of this idea is that language learning becomes a process of creating new identities. Are we the same person when we learn a new language? Do we use the new language's expressions, vocabulary and grammar to build a new concept of ourselves? How does the process of learning a language change the way we perceive ourselves, others and the world?

Let's have a look at some studies on the relation between language learning and identity. In doing so, we'll see the crucial role that the concept of "habit" plays.

Javier Santana
Lingoda GmbH