#UK leading the way in use of #languagelearningapps.
-"hellos" for a "buenos días", "bonjour" or "guten tag".
-The popularity of language-learning apps has boomed around the world during the coronavirus lockdowns and the UK has, somewhat surprisingly, led the way. New user numbers soared in 2020, especially in the UK.
Because globally they were up 67% compared with 2019, while in the UK they shot up by 132%, almost double the worldwide average.
A country that is not renowned much for learning a foreign language because of covid -19 things have changed. The UK has really embraced language learning during the pandemic.
-Prior to #covid19 he says the biggest reason British users said they wanted to learn a language was for travelling overseas. But with global travel mostly curtailed, people were now learning because of other factors (whether that is for [helping with] school, brain training or culture. We have all wanted to do something positive with our time.")
-#Spanish remains the #mostpopularlanguage that people want to learn, followed by French.
-There is something about learning and speaking more than one language that I think brings the world a little closer together.
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