| With technology quickly bringing the world | | | | world. |
| closer together, the barrier of distance has | | | | |
| been chipped away with the advent of the | | | | There are hundreds of possible reasons to |
| telephone, the fax machine, the mobile phone | | | | learn a new language, however. Maybe you're |
| and the internet. However, with machine-based | | | | relocating for work, or you have foreign |
| translation a long way from being perfected, | | | | friends or family with whom you'd like to |
| the language barrier still stands firm; and | | | | speak with more confidence. Perhaps you want |
| the only way to get an accurate contextual | | | | to resurrect a language you learned at school |
| translation is to hire a translator or take | | | | - for example Spanish courses are readily |
| it upon yourself to attend a few language | | | | available for those living in the USA, not |
| courses and gain a decent understanding that | | | | least because of the prevalence of the |
| way. | | | | Hispanic culture in many areas but also |
| | | | because of the relative ease of the language |
| London is a perfect example of vast | | | | when compared with other European tongues. |
| multiculturalism in action - while the city | | | | |
| is the greatest provider of English courses | | | | With a huge range of language courses |
| in the country, over 300 different languages | | | | USA-wide, there's no excuse not to take up a |
| are spoken throughout the city thanks to its | | | | language, if only to take a few more |
| huge immigration rates and popularity as a | | | | well-earned chips at that pesky language |
| holiday destination with nations all over the | | | | barrier. |