They learn another language while also learning at a deeper level that other cultures have much to teach us.

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For a Finn to work in Spain or a Greek in Denmark involves not just a willingness to move to the other side of Europe but a serious amount of investment in learning another language.

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One school had a Spanish national on the staff and another teacher with a degree in Spanish - and every other member of staff had volunteered to devote one evening a week to learning the language.

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