Some people say: phones translate everything, so why learn a language?
Tell me one reason someone might say that. You can pick a bubble or add your own.
Watch the map of Europe on the board. We start in Ireland.
For each country we stop on, call out together: a lot, a little, or not really — do people use English every day here?
A phone can turn the words into English. It still cannot sit in the room with you, catch the joke, or decide which language feels right. You can.
Listen twice, then choose the language. After each one: what gave it away?
Look at these reasons on the board. Pick one that feels true for you, or change the words so they fit you:
Open your copy. Write one sentence: your reason for learning a language.
There is no right answer. A reason about friends, family, games, travel, or curiosity all count. One sentence is enough. Make it yours.
When you finish, whisper your sentence to your elbow partner.
On the Aran Islands, shopkeepers switch language depending on who walks in. Irish for some customers, English for others. They choose in the moment, not because a phone told them to.
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