![]() Proximity – from the UK I’m more likely to visit France than India.Until then the role of the education system, and the weight of history, is more important. I chose to learn French and German in school, and then Italian in college, but the choice was around whether I would or would not learn the languages on offer, it wasn’t a choice between French and Bengali, German and Hindi or Italian and Mandarin.Īfter that there are a number of factors, most or all of which were mentioned on How To learn Any Language: The wider question is how do those English speakers that learn a language after they leave school choose their subject. Blogs like this one and My Bangla Diary, and websites like So You Want To Learn A Language? make it easier, if you have the time, to find information and help with the language.īut I was intrigued today to come across an online discussion on the How To Learn Any Language forum – and then on the Mainly Magyar blog – about why more people don’t learn Bengali. The web has, to some extent, changed that. This picture might lead to you believe otherwise, but English-speaking learners of Bengali are not blessed with an over abundance of resources.
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