{"id":34308,"date":"2018-11-02T16:03:05","date_gmt":"2018-11-02T16:03:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/intercardiff\/?p=34308"},"modified":"2018-11-02T16:03:05","modified_gmt":"2018-11-02T16:03:05","slug":"speak-one-language","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/global-city\/speak-one-language","title":{"rendered":"Do you speak more than one language?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>A recent survey says 32% of the British population speak more than one language, against the European Union average of 56%. Do residents of Cardiff believe in the importance of learning another language?<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_34483\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34483\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/global-city\/speak-one-language\/attachment\/learn-a-language-stock-photo-2\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-34483\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-34483\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/11\/Learn-a-language-stock-photo-1-625x500.jpg\" alt=\"Hands framing trees with text: Learn a language and broaden your horizons\" width=\"625\" height=\"500\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-34483\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-34483\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/11\/Learn-a-language-stock-photo-1-625x500.jpg\" alt=\"Hands framing trees with text: Learn a language and broaden your horizons\" width=\"625\" height=\"500\" \/><\/noscript><\/a> Let language broaden your horizon\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/acjeppo\/3299218714\/in\/photolist-62xmMh-DiYy6-4kjbRf-9qvw4N-6Y6yYp-dgazbb-SscMz3-mXXqNb-8NcmmV-dCGm66-29iMbw1-eeR1Ps-2UT9Z-fhEja-4v1n8D-QcLmr1-6GtiY-eeKjD2-fa3rem-9jynqg-PEDoK-eGkeCa-e4Miho-mXXtGN-e4FGTx-9sZmcm-eeR4zA-NsY-2pmQwj-7YLc4a-dmq1U9-cSmQcq-e4MiFy-iSRURy-8kFtj-2aZbNzF-25HtrBj-3XEgT-dmpYad-cbgV-afXJWj-oo9YU-Fjmzo-5rtR94-5ru2Tv-8HnKrA-933U5W-dmq3DQ-dmpFSy-bGvLxv\">\u00a9Andrew flickr<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Approximately 315 million people across the world speak English, making it the third most populous spoken language, according to recent studies.<\/p>\n<p>With both Chinese and Spanish ahead and Arabic and Hindi close behind, there is an increase in pressure to learn a second language in an increasingly global world.<\/p>\n<p>Wales is unique in the emphasis on learning Welsh, but how many people around Cardiff know more than one language, and do they think learning more than one is important?<\/p>\n<h3>Liz, China, Student<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_34403\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34403\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-34403\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/11\/Liz-Portrait-625x417.jpg\" alt=\"Young Asian Woman\" width=\"625\" height=\"417\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-34403\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-34403\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/11\/Liz-Portrait-625x417.jpg\" alt=\"Young Asian Woman\" width=\"625\" height=\"417\" \/><\/noscript> Liz<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;Yeah, Chinese and English. Yeah, for studying at British university. And China is now international, so we must speak English to work and study. I&#8217;d like to study English, or French.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Owen, Cardiff, Student<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_34404\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34404\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-34404\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/11\/Owen-Portrait-625x352.jpg\" alt=\"A young black man\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-34404\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-34404\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/11\/Owen-Portrait-625x352.jpg\" alt=\"A young black man\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" \/><\/noscript> Owen<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;Yes, a bit of Italian. Yes, because of, last year I went to Italy\u00a0with a youth club, and you expect to speak English, but no. What I\u2019m going to learn is just, Italian.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Cassie, China, Student<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_34402\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34402\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-34402\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/11\/Cassie-Portrait-625x352.jpg\" alt=\"A young Asian woman wearing a black hat\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-34402\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-34402\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/11\/Cassie-Portrait-625x352.jpg\" alt=\"A young Asian woman wearing a black hat\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" \/><\/noscript> Cassie<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;Yes, Chinese, and English. Yes, for travelling. English, and Chinese maybe, I guess. I think English, also Chinese. Chinese people\u00a0is\u00a0too big a population, but important to speak.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Gilly, Redding, Marketing and PR &#8212; Robyn, Wrexham, nursery worker &#8212; Maxine, Wrexham, nurse and massage therapist<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_34405\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34405\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-34405\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/11\/Three-ladies-625x352.jpg\" alt=\"Three women standing next to each other\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-34405\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-34405\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/11\/Three-ladies-625x352.jpg\" alt=\"Three women standing next to each other\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" \/><\/noscript> From left: Gilly, Robyn, Maxine<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Gilly (left)<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Sort of a bit, a little bit of French. Yes, very sensible to learn. Spanish, and Chinese, yeah. Italian,\u00a0it&#8217;s\u00a0really nice, you know,\u00a0it\u2019s\u00a0very\u00a0expressive, and you can say lots of things.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Robyn (centre)<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A bit, a bit of Welsh. I think\u00a0it\u2019s\u00a0helpful really in Wales as well, you know, with the bit of promotion of the Welsh language. French, Chinese\u00a0\u2013\u00a0I\u00a0had a friend in\u00a0uni\u00a0who studied Chinese and said they were going to take over the world.\u00a0I\u2019d like to be fluent in Welsh. I\u2019m trying.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Maxine (right)<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A little bit of Welsh, a little bit of French, I know how to ask someone to sit down and if they\u00a0want to\u00a0go to the toilet [in Welsh], and a little bit of German. If you want to go and visit other countries, I think it\u2019s sensible, really. Chinese \u2013 it\u2019s a global power now, and if you want to be involved in that, I think you need to know. And if you don\u2019t speak their language, then you&#8217;re always going to be second class, really. I think Italian, as well.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Approximately 315 million people across the world speak English, but what languages do the residents of Cardiff speak?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":388,"featured_media":34582,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"coauthors":[620],"class_list":["post-34308","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-global-city"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Do you speak more than one language? - InterCardiff<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Do you speak more than one language? 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