LDS Church News: Arabic for teens gaining momentum
Many a Mormon teen spices up the long summer vacation with a relaxing interlude at Especially For Youth. John Monson, a 15-year-old sophomore from Chicago, opted instead for almost four weeks of Arabic Language Camp at BYU.
In terms of his linguistic dexterity, John is somewhat of a prodigy — in addition to taking French in high school, he studies German, Dutch, Spanish and Arabic on the side.
"I'm thinking about going into linguistics," John said. "I like seeing the relationship between languages and what links them together."
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