In the first of a new series of comment pieces written by linguists at °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±¼Ç¼, Sarah Colvin,ÌýSchröderÌýProfessor of German andÌýHead of the Department of German and Dutch, argues that learning languages is key to understanding how people think and plays a major role inÌýsocial cohesion.