Episode 1: Languages: your bridge to the future

About this episode

The episode discusses the importance of languages in building bridges and features an interview with Anna Sole Mena from the European Commission.

For this episode of DGT podcast: Languages and Technology , our guest is Anna Sole Mena from the European Commission Directorate-General of Education, Youth, Sport and Culture. We talk about the European Day of Languages and how languages build bridges. The Commission runs a range of events and projects to support multilingualism and language learning. Tune in to hear more! You can also find out more about the European Day of Languages by visiting our website on multilingualism, translation and language-based AI services . Music: Title:Days Past. Author: In Closing. Source: In Closing - Days Past (auboutdufil.com) . Licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.fr

People in this episode

Guest: Anna Sole Mena

Topics covered

• languages
• multilingualism
• language learning
• European Day of Languages

Keywords

• European Commission
• Directorate-General of Education
• Youth
• Sport and Culture
• language-based AI services

Mentioned in this episode

Products: multilingualism initiatives, language learning projects

Books & works: In Closing, In Closing - Days Past

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