{"id":1665,"date":"2026-04-05T00:19:04","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T00:19:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/linguistics.imagodeus.com\/?p=1665"},"modified":"2026-04-05T00:19:04","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T00:19:04","slug":"learning-languages-opens-up-your-perspective-of-life-wessam-semida-on-learning-arabic-at-the-academic-language-centre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/linguistics.imagodeus.com\/?p=1665","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Learning languages opens up your perspective of life\u2019 &#8211; Wessam Semida on learning Arabic at the Academic Language Centre"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"vlp-link-container vlp-layout-lnk-sptlght wp-block-visual-link-preview-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.universiteitleiden.nl\/en\/news\/2026\/04\/learning-languages-opens-up-your-perspective-of-life---wessam-semida-on-learning-arabic-at-the-academic-language-centre\" class=\"vlp-link\" title=\"\u2018Learning languages opens up your perspective of life\u2019 - Wessam Semida on learning Arabic at the Academic Language Centre\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><div class=\"vlp-layout-zone-side\"><div class=\"vlp-block-3 vlp-link-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.universiteitleiden.nl\/binaries\/content\/gallery\/customsites\/onderwijs-voor-professionals\/domeinen-en-headers\/contact.png\/contact.png\/d600x315\" style=\"max-width: 1024px; max-height: 1024px\" \/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vlp-layout-zone-main\"><div class=\"vlp-block-0 vlp-link-url\">www.universiteitleiden.nl<\/div><div class=\"vlp-block-1 vlp-link-title\">\u2018Learning languages opens up your perspective of life\u2019 &#8211; Wessam Semida on learning Arabic at the Academic Language Centre<\/div><div class=\"vlp-block-2 vlp-link-summary\">Why would someone choose to learn a language like Arabic? For Wessam Semida, teacher at the Academic Language Centre (ATC), the answer goes far beyond grammar and vocabulary. &#8216;It really opens your perspective on life,&#8217; she explains. &#8216;Language is a key to understanding people, cultures, and different\u2026<\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[20],"class_list":["post-1665","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-educacion","tag-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/linguistics.imagodeus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1665","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/linguistics.imagodeus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/linguistics.imagodeus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linguistics.imagodeus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linguistics.imagodeus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1665"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/linguistics.imagodeus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1665\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1666,"href":"https:\/\/linguistics.imagodeus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1665\/revisions\/1666"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/linguistics.imagodeus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linguistics.imagodeus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linguistics.imagodeus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}