Talkback - Why learning another language is important?

National languages Competition

National languages Competition Source: SBS

According to data from last year's census, there are 24 million people in Australia and one in five speaks second language at home. However, the number of people learning other languages has declined.In order to encourage more children to learn second language, SBS radio for the second consecutive year held the National languages Competition, in line with the competition, in today's Talkback , we have invited the principal of a Chinese school , Dr. Bin Lin, to share the importance of learning second language and how to learn it in a fun way.



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