Alessandro Giacommetto writes about how studying languages may turn the tide on intolerance.
Author: Alessandro Giacometto
Alessandro Giacometto is going into his third year at St John's College, where he reads History and French. He is about to embark on his year abroad in France, beginning in Biarritz and then moving on to Paris. When not in Oxford, he lives in Wokingham, near Reading.
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